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Understanding Objects in the Solar System

Understanding Objects in the Solar System. 5th Grade Science. Our understanding of the solar system, pre-2006. Other objects in company with our sun, such as the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. … and more visitors, such as comets originating in deep space.

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Understanding Objects in the Solar System

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  1. Understanding Objects in the Solar System 5th Grade Science

  2. Our understanding of the solar system, pre-2006

  3. Other objects incompany with our sun, such as the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

  4. … and more visitors, such as comets originating in deep space

  5. Beyond Neptune, in Pluto’s company, orbits another band of objects.

  6. So how can we sort them all out?

  7. Consider this relationship: Saturn Jupiter yes yes yes Pluto Venus no Ceres Asteroid Eros no no

  8. And consider thisrelationship: yes yes Asteroid Eros Sedna no no Pluto Ceres no yes Neptune Earth

  9. Two categories! Neptune What is the distinction between them? Pluto

  10. Do these objects fit either of the two categories we created? What qualities fit? Which do not? Comet Temple Asteroid Eros International Space Station John Cowan, Ph.D. Earth’s Moon

  11. So let’s review…..

  12. Neptune.. What is it?

  13. Pluto – why did it lose?

  14. How do the rings relate to the categories?

  15. How about this object?

  16. Or this?

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