RCES Planets, Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
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1 inner planets (terrestrial) 2 Mars
3 Uranus 4 meteorite
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, inner planets (terrestrial) a planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt,
i.e., Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
outer planets ( jovian)( gas giants) a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt,
i.e., Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
meteor a piece of rock or metal that burns and glows
brightly in the sky as it falls from outer space into
the Earth's atmosphere.
meteoroid a small body (rock or dust) moving in the solar
system that would become a meteor if it entered
the earth's atmosphere
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Practice questions for this set
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Know as the RED PLANET due to iron oxide in the soil.
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1 inner planets (terrestrial) 2 Mars
3 Uranus 4 meteorite
Don't know?
Terms in this set (16)
, inner planets (terrestrial) a planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt,
i.e., Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
outer planets ( jovian)( gas giants) a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt,
i.e., Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
meteor a piece of rock or metal that burns and glows
brightly in the sky as it falls from outer space into
the Earth's atmosphere.
meteoroid a small body (rock or dust) moving in the solar
system that would become a meteor if it entered
the earth's atmosphere
