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Overview of Solar System Bodies

This document provides an overview of various astronomical objects including the planets of our solar system from Mercury to Neptune, as well as other objects like the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, meteors, comets, nebulas, quasars, pulsars, black holes, and discusses dark matter and dark energy. Each object is briefly defined, with planets identified as terrestrial or gas giants. Beyond the planets, other objects described include the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, and the theorized Oort cloud in the outermost solar system.

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Overview of Solar System Bodies

This document provides an overview of various astronomical objects including the planets of our solar system from Mercury to Neptune, as well as other objects like the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, meteors, comets, nebulas, quasars, pulsars, black holes, and discusses dark matter and dark energy. Each object is briefly defined, with planets identified as terrestrial or gas giants. Beyond the planets, other objects described include the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, and the theorized Oort cloud in the outermost solar system.

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Astronomy

Matthew Clements
List Page
Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, the Kuiper Belt, Pluto, the Oort Cloud,
Meteors, Comets, Nebulas, Quasars, Pulsars, Black Holes,
also "Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
Mercury
First planet from the sun,
terrestrial
Venus
Second planet from the sun,
Gas Giant
Mars
Third planet from the sun,
terrestrial
The Asteroid
Belt
The asteroid beltis the
circumstellar disc in the
Solar System located
roughly between the orbits
of the planets Mars and
Jupiter. It is occupied by
numerous irregularly shaped
bodies calledasteroidsor
minor planets.
Jupiter
Fifth planet from the sun,
Gas giant
Saturn
Sixth planet from the sun,
Gas Giant
Uranus
Seventh planet from the sun,
Ice Giant
Neptune
Eighth planet from the sun,
ice giant
The Kuiper
Belt
The Kuiper belt or,
sometimes called the
EdgeworthKuiper belt, is a
circumstellar disc in the
Solar System beyond the
planets, extending from the
orbit of Neptune to
approximately 50 AU from
the Sun.
Pluto

Pluto is a dwarf planet in


the Kuiper belt, a ring of
bodies beyond Neptune. It
was the first Kuiper belt
object to be discovered.
The Oort
Cloud
TheOort Cloudis an
extended shell of icy objects
that exist in the outermost
reaches of the solar system.
It is named after astronomer
JanOort, who first theorised
its existence. TheOort
Cloudis roughly spherical,
and is thought to be the
origin of most of the long-
period comets that have
been observed.
Meteors
a small body of matter from
outer space that enters the
earth's atmosphere,
becoming incandescent as a
result of friction and
appearing as a streak of
light.
Comets
a celestial object consisting
of a nucleus of ice and dust
and, when near the sun, a
tail of gas and dust
particles pointing away from
the sun.
Nebulas
Anebula(Latin for "cloud";
pl. nebulae, nebul,
ornebulas) is an interstellar
cloud of dust, hydrogen,
helium and other ionized
gases. Originally,nebulawas
a name for any diffuse
astronomical object, including
galaxies beyond the Milky
Way
Quasars
a massive and extremely
remote celestial object,
emitting exceptionally large
amounts of energy, and
typically having a starlike
image in a telescope. It has
been suggested that quasars
contain massive black holes
and may represent a stage
in the evolution of some
galaxies.
Pulsars
Pulsarsare types of neutron
stars; the dead relics of
massive stars. What
setspulsarsapart from
regular neutron stars is that
they're highly magnetized,
and rotating at enormous
speeds. Astronomers detect
them by the radio pulses they
emit at regular intervals.
Black holes
a region of space having a
gravitational field so intense
that no matter or radiation
can escape.
Dark Energy

In physical cosmology and


astronomy,dark
energyis an unknown
form ofenergywhich is
hypothesized to permeate
all of space, tending to
accelerate the expansion
of the universe.
THE END

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