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ASWATHY.R.SASWATHY.R.SPHYSICAL SCIENCEPHYSICAL SCIENCE

CHRIST NAGAR COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONCHRIST NAGAR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

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SOLAR SYSTEM

Sun is the centre of our solar systemThere are eight planets revolving

around the sun in fixed orbits

Meet our Planets…o Mercury

o Venuso Eartho Mars

o Jupitero Saturno Uranus

o Neptune

We are Terrestrial planets..!!!

o Terrestrial planets have solid surface.

o Their densities are high

o They lie more closer to the sun

o They have only few satellites.

Earth

WE ARE JOVIAN PLANETS……

Jovian planets are giant gaseous planets.

We can see rings around them.

These planets have many satellites.

SATURN

NEPTUNE

URANUS

ASTROIDS..!!!

OCCUPIES THE ORBIT OCCUPIES THE ORBIT BETWEEN MARS & JUPITER.BETWEEN MARS & JUPITER.

CERS, PALLS, JUNO VESTA etc. CERS, PALLS, JUNO VESTA etc. ARE ASTROIDS.ARE ASTROIDS.

COMETS…..

Comets

Comets revolve around the Comets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits.sun in elliptical orbits.

Consist of condensed gas.Consist of condensed gas.

e.g.: Halley's comete.g.: Halley's comet

METEORSMETEORS

Meteors Meteors are the small parts of Meteors are the small parts of

asteroids separated from their asteroids separated from their orbits and remnants of exploded orbits and remnants of exploded comets that plunge down to the comets that plunge down to the earth.earth.

Meteors mostly flare up and evaporate once they are inside the atmosphere

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