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27.1 The Inner Planets
27.2 The Outer Planets
27.3 Planetary Satellites
27.4 Solar-System Debris
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The Planets and the Solar System
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The planets are grouped by position as inner or
outer, and by properties as terrestrial or Jovian.
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The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and
Mars. They are all terrestrial: they have rocky crusts,
dense mantle layers, and very dense cores.
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Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Asteroid Belt
The Inner Planets
inner planets
outer planets
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The Jovian, or outer, planets are large, consist
mostly of gases, and are surrounded by ring
systems and many moons. They are Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune.
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enough to be a terrestrial planet.
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Asteroid Belt
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Pluto
The Outer Planets
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A planetary satellite or moon is a smaller body that
revolves around a planet. Except for Venus and
Mercury, each planet has at least one satellite.
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Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede,
and Callisto, have yielded some surprising
discoveries, such as ice covering Europa and
volcanoes on Io.
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Galilean Satellites of Jupiter
Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
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A planetary satellite or moon is a smaller body that
revolves around a planet. Except for Venus and
Mercury, each planet has at least one satellite.
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Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede,
and Callisto, have yielded some surprising
discoveries, such as ice covering Europa and
volcanoes on Io.
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The Cassini-Huygens expedition has returned a
wealth of new information on Saturn’s moons,
especially Titan.
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The solar system also includes debris such as
comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.
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Haley’s Comet
Asteroid 243 Ida
comet
asteroid
meteor
meteorite
meteor shower
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The solar system also includes debris such as
comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.
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An impact crater is a bowl-shaped depression that
remains after a meteoroid or other debris strikes a
planet or moon.
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Meteorites are meteoroids that survive the trip
through Earth’s atmosphere.
comet
asteroid
meteor
meteorite
meteor shower
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