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Sci6 Chp16 (Sec 3,4,5)
Inner Planets, Outer Planets, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, Space Travel
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terrestrial planet,  | four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) |
rotation,  | spinning on an axis |
revolution,  | object moving around another object |
| retrograde rotation | spinning motion of a planet from east to west (opposite of most planets and moons) |
greenhouse effect,  | when heat is trapped in atmosphere by "blanket" of gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane,etc) |
comet,  | a ball of ice and dust - orbit is long, narrow ellipse |
asteroid,  | objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too many to be planets |
asteroid belt,  | area between Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found |
meteoroid,  | a chunk of rock or dust in space |
meteor,  | streak of light in sky because of burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere |
meteorite,  | meteroid that has hit Earth's surface |
satellite,  | any object that revolves around another object in space |
geosynchronous orbit,  | orbit of a satellite that revolves around Earth at same rate as Earth. |
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