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asteroid belt

a band of irregularly shaped pieces of rock & metal that orbits Mars and Jupiter

planetary rings

rings that orbit a planet and are made up of rock, ices, and frozen gases.

perturbations

small variations in the motion of a planet's orbit

sublimated

substance turns from a solid to a gas without entering the liquid stage

meteoroid

An interplanetary piece of matter that has intersected earths orbit

Galilean satellites

Jupiter's 4 largest moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto)

Oort Cloud

Possibly the source of long-term comets

satellite

an object that orbits around a planet

meteorites

any part of a meteoroid that lands on the surface of the earth

meteors

appears in the sky when a meteoroid enters earth's atmosphere and is heated by friction

comets

dirty snowballs

dwarf planet

orbits the sun but has not "cleared the neighborhood" with its orbit


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