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Our Solar System… 4 terrestrial planets…(M,V,E,M) then a big asteroid belt… 4 gas giant planets…(J,S,U,N) and Pluto, an ice dwarf.
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… and here’s a rough idea of just how small we actually are… …and how gigantically huge the sun is… …The sun is about 110 times the diameter of the Earth… … You could fit more than 1000,000 Earths inside it … … and it’s more than 300,000 times the mass of the earth …
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So what other objects do we find in our solar system…? Moons – it is not just our planet that has a moon. Many of the other planets have numerous moons, and some are even a similar size to the Earth! These are the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede and Callisto
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So what other objects do we find in our solar system…? Satellites – These serve a wide range of uses. They orbit the planets, just like moons. We use satellites for observation, weather and land monitoring, relaying communication signals, carrying Asteroids – These are basically large-ish lumps of rock. They are orbiting the sun, but are too small to be considered planets. Most of them are in a big “belt” between Mars and Jupiter. telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, and much more!
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…and comets – basically big lumps of ice and dust. Comets orbit the sun… …and they move in massive elliptical (oval) orbits… …the tail of a comet can be longer than the distance from the Earth to the Sun…
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…and in fact comets actually have two tails… …which point in different directions…
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…and what about beyond our solar system…? …our galaxy is home to about 2 billion other stars..! …and there are around a billion other galaxies besides ours…!
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