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What is earth and 8 other planets and thousands of smaller bodys that all revavle around the sun?
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This is the solar system.
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How is moon different than a planet?
The moon orbits the planet Earth rather than the sun, so it is considered a moon.
What is a similarity between comet and asteroid?
They both revolve around the sun and they are both smaller than planets or moon.
What is a moon and how does it move around the solar system?
Moons are approximately spherical objects which orbit planets and are smaller than the planets that they orbit, although they are still relatively large objects (so an orbiting dust particle does not qualify as a moon). Since moons orbit planets, their motion around the solar system is controlled by the planets that they orbit; planets orbit the sun, and planets take their moons with them.
Are the outer planets and dwarf plants much bigger than the inner planets and dwarf planets?
Yes. The four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars and smaller than the four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Earth is largest inner planet, and Neptune is the smallest outer planet. Neptune is around 14 times larger in terms of diameter than the Earth. The dwarf planets are all smaller than any of the actual planets.
What are found between inner and outer planets?
In between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt. This is made up of thousands of small rocks that are in orbit around our sun. The largest of these is called Ceres, and is around 1000km in diameter, though most are smaller than a few km in diameter.
Does the sun have a moon?
The sun has 8 or 9 major planets and thousands of smaller objects orbiting around it. Some of the planets have many moons. (eg Neptune has 13) It can have moons but so far all of the moons are to close to the planets to get caught in the sun's orbit.
What are smaller bodies that move around the planets are called?
They are called satellites
How is moon different than a planet?
The moon orbits the planet Earth rather than the sun, so it is considered a moon.
One of the smaller planets what is a rocky body that is constantly moves around the in a path called orbit?
These are called the "terrestrial planets" or "inner planets". They are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
What are smaller than planets but bigger than moons and found in an orbit around the sun?
tibor
Why are the outter planets bigger than the inner planets?
Because the outer planets are gas giants except for Pluto. Pluto is an outer planet because it is the object (planet) that kept interfering with Neptune's orbit. Pluto is one on hundreds of thousands of meteoroids that a around the size of our moon.
What are the dense planets around the sun?
The four inner, rocky planets are also known as the terrestrial planets. These are; Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Although much smaller and not as massive as the outer gas giant planets, they are more dense.
Why are moons always smaller then the planets they orbit?
A smaller body always orbits around a larger body rather than the other way around because the larger body has more gravity
Why do the planets go round the sun and not the moon?
Because the moons are the ones revolvimg around the planets (only some planets have moons, not all). And besides, moons aren't in the center of the solar system. They're even smaller than the planets.
What is a similarity between comet and asteroid?
They both revolve around the sun and they are both smaller than planets or moon.
What is a moon and how does it move around the solar system?
Moons are approximately spherical objects which orbit planets and are smaller than the planets that they orbit, although they are still relatively large objects (so an orbiting dust particle does not qualify as a moon). Since moons orbit planets, their motion around the solar system is controlled by the planets that they orbit; planets orbit the sun, and planets take their moons with them.
Are the outer planets and dwarf plants much bigger than the inner planets and dwarf planets?
Yes. The four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars and smaller than the four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Earth is largest inner planet, and Neptune is the smallest outer planet. Neptune is around 14 times larger in terms of diameter than the Earth. The dwarf planets are all smaller than any of the actual planets.
