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Astronomy. Earth’s Solar System. Sun = Star. * 8 Planets Go Around The Sun * Satellites (Moons) of Planets * Asteroid Belt * Comets. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!!!. My Mercury. Very Venus. Educated Earth. Mother Mars. Just Jupiter. Served Saturn. Us Uranus.
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Astronomy Earth’s Solar System
Sun = Star * 8 Planets Go Around The Sun * Satellites (Moons) of Planets * Asteroid Belt * Comets
My Mercury
Very Venus
Educated Earth
Mother Mars
Just Jupiter
Served Saturn
Us Uranus
Nachos Neptune
Two Groups Of Planets Inner Planets – Dense, Rocky & Solid Mercury – So Hot...No Atmosphere Venus – Very Bright In The Sky Earth - …Earth Science Rox Mars – Fe = Red
Two Groups Of Planets Outer Planets – Larger, Gas, Less Dense Jupiter– Biggest Planet Saturn– Rings, < Dense Than Water Uranus- Rings Discovered 1977, -370 F Neptune – Discovered in 1930
Planetoids... Pluto – Small, Fits Inside USA Sedna – Newly Discovered Xena – Newly Discovered UB313 – Newly Discovered Many, Many Others...
Star Brightness Apparent Magnitude – how bright a star appears to an observer on
Star Brightness Luminosity– true brightness of a …depends on size, temp & distance Candle vs Light Bulb vs Flashlight Distance!!!
Star Brightness Absolute Brightness– Luminosity of a if they were seen @ the same distance…apparent magnitude if @ 32.6 light years from sun
Light Year Distance Light Travels In 1 Year… 9.5 Trillion km 9,500,000,000,000 km 9.5 X 1012km