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This measurement is used in space and equals the distance from earth to the sun
What is Astronomical Unit?
This is the basic shape for every planet's orbit
What is ellipse?
Because of the greenhouse effect, this is the hottest planet in our solar system
What is Venus?
These two things make up most of the outer planets
What are gas and ice?
This is located in between the inner planets and the outer planets
What is the astroid belt?
The Sun contains half of the mass of this
What is the solar system?
When the earth reaches its closest point to the sun, in its orbit
What is perihelion?
This planet is red and some think life could be sustainable here
What is Mars?
This outer planet has rings which are very wide and thin
What is Saturn?
This is the name for the sun and all the planets that move around it.
What is the solar system?
Ice turns into gas, giving this object a "tail" when it blows back
What is a comet?
The sun produces its own energy by this process
The inner planets are mostly made of these two materials
What are solid rocky material?
This planet contains the "giant red spot", a very strong storm
What is Jupiter?
This dwarf planet is found in the astroid belt
What is Ceres?
A meteoroid that burns up in the earth's atmosphere
What is a meteor?
The time it takes for a planet or any other object to spin once
What is rotation?
This is the smallest and most dense of all the planets
What is Mercury?
these 4 planets are known as gas giants
what are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
This is where 4 of the 5 dwarf planets are found
What is the Kuiper belt?
These are the two dates in 2026 for perihelion and aphelion
What is January 3 and July 6
This is a very unique requirement for a heavenly body to be classified as a planet.
What is "clear the neighborhood"?
Which characteristic do all four of the inner planets share?
12 is the number of years on Earth, compared to 1 year on this planet
What is Jupiter?
This dwarf planet spins so slowly that it is egg shaped
What is Haumea?