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asteroid: Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets
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asteroid belt: the region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found
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chromosphere: The middle layer of the sun's atmosphere
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coma: the fuzzy outer layer of a comet
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comet: a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit
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convection zone: the outermost layer of the sun's interior
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core: The central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place
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corona: the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
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ellipse: An oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular; the shape of the planets' orbits.
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extraterrestrial life: Life that exists other than that on Earth
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gas giant: The name often given to the first four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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geocentric: a model of the universe in which eArth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
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green house effect: the trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere
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hellocentric: a model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
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kuiper belt: a doughnut-shaped region that stretches from around Pluto's orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun
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meteor: A STREAK OF LIGHT in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere
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meteorite: a meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
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meteoroid: a chunk of rock or dust in space
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nuclear fusion: hydrogen atoms join together to form helium, The process by which hydrogen atoms join together in the sun's core to form helium.
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nucleus: the solid inner core of a comet
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oort cloud: a spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system
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photoshpere: the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off its visible light
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prominence: A huge, reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface, linking parts of sunspot regions
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radiation zone: a region of very tightly packed gas in the sun's interior where energy is transferred mainly in the form of light.
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ring: a thin disk of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet
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solar flare: an eruption of gas from the sun's surface that occurs when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect
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solar wind: a stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona
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sun spot: a dark area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases
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terrestrial planets: The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars