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What is the differenece between a planet and a large space rock?
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A planet must be
- Round or almost round
- celestial body that orbits the sun
- able to clear its neighborhood
Clearing Neighborhood
- has enough gravity to get rid of celestial objects
- takes small objects to create moons
- attracts small objects to destroy them
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What is a large space object which revolves around a star called?
A large space object which revolves around a star is called a planet. The word planet comes from the Greek word, "aster planets" which means "wandering star".
Which planet's name is green planet?
There are currently no planets discovered that are green in colour. Earth has green on it, but the planet actually looks blue from space due to the large oceans.
If a piece of space debris is too large to be a meteoroid and too small to be a planet it could be .?
an asteroid
What is the large space between mars and Jupiter is called the?
There are only asteroids, there are no planets in the region between Jupiter and Mars. There is however a large asteroid called Ceres which is commonly referred to as a Dwarf planet.
Can a planet be moved?
Yes. In fact, all the planets are moving all the time. They revolve about their axes, and rotate about the sun. A heavy hit from a large space rock can cause a planet to "ring" from the impact, and a very large rock can alter a planet's orbit a bit.
Which is the galaxie between nine planet and sun?
There is no galaxy between the planets and the Sun - just a lot of open space.
What piece of space debris is too large to be a meteoroid and too small to be a planet it could be .?
It could be an asteroid or comet.
What place in space is Uranus?
Uranus orbits between Saturn and Neptune as the 7th planet in our system.
What planet has 8 rings that reach into space about the same distance as it is between the Earth and the Moon?
Saturn
What do you call the 6000 useless objects orbiting our planet?
They are called space junk, and there are about 20,000 now that are large enough to be tracked.
How did water come to planet earth?
a large ice asteroid came form space and hit earth malt with volcano
What is 123342423243223 4656558566?
It is two relatively large numbers with a space between them!
