'Major planets' presentation slideshows

Splash Screen

Splash Screen. Chapter Introduction Section 1: Thinking Like a Geographer Section 2: The Earth in Space Summary. Chapter Menu.

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Chapter 7 Our Planetary System

Chapter 7 Our Planetary System. Earth, as viewed by the Voyager spacecraft. 7.1 Studying the Solar System. Our goals for learning: What does the solar system look like? What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? What are the major features of the Sun and planets?.

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AST 101 Lecture 17 Is Pluto a Planet?

AST 101 Lecture 17 Is Pluto a Planet?. Rhea, Enceladus, Dione. Pluto. Discovered 1930 Named the 9 th planet Radius ~ 2330 km In 6 day orbit w/ Charon Pluto system: 6 objects Demoted 2006 Classified a dwarf planet by the IAU

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The Sun!

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The Solar System

The Solar System. The Sun and the Celestial Bodies. Sun. Typical medium-sized star Radiation produced by nuclear fusion. Solar System. Ten planets and their satellites Asteroids Comets Meteoroids Interplanetary dust & gas. Major Planets. Inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

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What are comets and asteroids?

What are comets and asteroids?. They are 1/3 size of an big huge mangoes moon and also it is could that the solar system that are neither planets nor Dwarf planets. How did each of the major planets in the solar system get its name.

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Comets

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