Science 101: The Solar System
Revolving around the sun are eight planets. The planets are divided into two categories based on their composition, terrestrial and Jovian. Terrestrial planets, including Mercury, Venus,
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Revolving around the sun are eight planets. The planets are divided into two categories based on their composition, terrestrial and Jovian. Terrestrial planets, including Mercury, Venus,
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Solar system, assemblage consisting of the Sun and those bodies orbiting it: 8 planets with more than 400 known planetary satellites; many asteroids, some with their own satellites; comets
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The solar system has eight main components: the Sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets, the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud. The Sun contains 99.8% of all mass
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Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto;
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The Solar System consists of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. Learn about its main components and how they interact in space.
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The main components of the solar system are the Sun, eight planets, their moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets. The solar system is a vast, complex system that is primarily governed by the
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Inside the Sun''s core hydrogen is fused into helium for billions of years, releasing energy which is over even longer periods of time emitted through the Sun''s outer layer, the photosphere. This creates the
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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and all natural objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly. This includes the eight planets, their moons, dwarf
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Here is a quick summary of the components of the solar system -- besides the fact that all of them orbit the Sun, including Earth and two major planets too dim for ancient astronomers to have seen.
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From the rocky inner planets to the gas giants of the outer reaches, each component plays a unique role in this celestial dance. At the heart of it all, the Sun reigns supreme. Its gravitational pull keeps
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