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The
Solar System Big Picture
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Name
the 9 planets in order:
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Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, (asteroids), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto,
(Kuiper belt, Oort cloud)
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Know
the 7 major moons and which planet they orbit:
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The
Moon: Earth
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Io,
Europa, Ganymede, Callisto: Jupiter
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Titan:
Saturn
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Triton:
Neptune
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Know
appearance of
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Sun
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Each
planet
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typical
asteroid
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comet
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Less
important to know appearance of all of the 7 major moons BUT
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know
that Io is very volcanic
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Europa
has an active ice surface (ice rafts)
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Titan
has a thick atmosphere
Sun
up close, far away (with sunspots)
Mercury
(looks like our Moon)
Venus,
V-shaped clouds
Earth
compared to Venus, Mars
Mars
Asteroid
(Eros)
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus,
Neptune, pluto (compared to Earth)
Comet
(Hale-Bopp)
Io's
volcanically active surface
Europa's
Ice rafts
Titan's
thick atmosphere
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