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1 CELESTIAL BODIES-Part II
STARS PLANETS AND DWARF PLANETS OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES SATELLITES ASTEROIDS COMETS METEOROIDS

2 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)

3 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)

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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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