The Structure of the Solar System

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What is the structure of the Solar System?

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The Solar System consists of the Sun, eight planets, their moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other celestial bodies, all bound by gravity.

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How many planets are in our solar system (not including Pluto)?

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8

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What is an Astronomical Unit (AU)?

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The distance from the Sun to the Earth, approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers.

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What does Kepler's Third Law state?

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It indicates that all planets orbiting the same star will have the same value.

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Which object in the solar system does not orbit the Sun?

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Moons.

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What is the relationship between a planet's distance from the Sun and its orbital period?

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The farther a planet's orbit is from the Sun, the longer it takes to complete one orbit.

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What are the inner planets of the Solar System?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

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What are the outer planets of the Solar System?

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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What is a dwarf planet?

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A celestial body that orbits the Sun and is similar to a planet but does not clear its orbit of other debris.