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EXIT CHAPTER
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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.
27.1 The Inner Planets2727 The Planets and the Solar System
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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SECTION OUTLINESECTION OUTLINEPluto is too small to be a Jovian planet and not dense
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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