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Name five groups of objects that make up the solar system. describe each briefly

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Sun

Planets

Moons

Asteroids

Comets

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1. The Sun- The star around which the Earth orbits around

2. Planets- (Ex: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune, and Pluto)

3. Moons- There are many different moons on each planet. (Ex: Jupiter has 63 known moons. There is Ganymede, Callisto, Thebe, Io, and Europa just to name a few.)

4. Comets- Comets are often called "dirty snowballs." They are celestial objects that consists of a nucleus of ice and dust.

5. Asteroids- Asteroids are small rocky bodies orbiting the sun.


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