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CELESTIAL BODIES-Part II
STARS PLANETS AND DWARF PLANETS OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES SATELLITES ASTEROIDS COMETS METEOROIDS
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STARS LARGE BALLS OF GAS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY (LIGHT AND HEAT)
LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR: Born from a huge cloud of gas and dust (stellar nebula) contracts by its own gravity to form a protostar The core gets denser. Tª increases becames a true star Hydrogen atoms fuse together helium produces energy (light and heat)
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Small/Medium sized star consumes all fuel (H) becames a red giant.
Red giant die leave white dwarfs (NO energy) Massive star fused all H red supergiant massive explosion (SUPERNOVA)
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PLANETS AND DWARF PLANETS
Do not emit light Visible by reflected light of a star Spherical and with or without satellites Planets do not share their orbit with other celestial bodies Dwarf planets share their orbit Movements: Rotation Revolution
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Rotation: Rotate on an imaginary axis Time: it takes a planet to rotate 360º how long one day last on the planet Revolution: Planets revolve around a star curve line (orbit) Time: it takes to revolve around the star how long one year last on the planet
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OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES
Satellites or moons Celestial bodies that orbit planets or dwarf planets Asteroids rocky bodies, smaller than planets, orbit a star Comets Masses of ice, dust and rocks move around a star in an elliptical orbit Get closer to a star ice changes into gas Gas illuminated by the light of the star tail
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Meteoroids Solid bodies came from asteorids, comets. Meteoroid enters the Earth´s atmosphere burns and disintegrates (meteor or shooting star) The piece that hit the surface are called meteorites.
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