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term describing a model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
term describing a model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
an oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular; the shape of the planets' orbits
the system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it
a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the Sun
an object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit
an object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit
one of the small asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets
the name given to the four inner planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
the trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere
the name often given to the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
a thin disk of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet
the region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found
a region where many small objects orbit the sun and taht stretches from beyond teh orbit of Neptune to about 100 times Earth's distance from the Sun
a spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system
a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit
the fuzzy outer layer of a comet
the central core of an atom which conatins protons and nuetrons OR/ALSO the solid core of a comet
one of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets
a chuck of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid
a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmopshere
a meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
an eruption of gas from the sun's surface that occurs when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect
a stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona
a dark area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases
a huge reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface, linking parts of sunspot regions

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