Earth Science ch 4

asteroid that hits the surface of planet or moon

No atmosphere or rings 1 moon, year 248 years, rotates 6 days, outermost and coldest planet

bright, rotates opposite direction, days 243 days, carbon dioxide, greenhouse effect, very hot,

object smaller than a planet, that orbit a star

Saturn

Jupiter

asteroid that enters the Earths atmosphere

One moon, rotates 24 hours, year 365 days, mild surface, dense atmosphere, water, supports life

Earth

Mars

Largest, colorful storm, rotates 10 hours, great red spot, rings, 60 moons, 1 moon volcanoes

Iron, 2 moons, rotates 24 hours 38 min., year 687 days, thin atmosphere carbon dioxide, windy

Greenish blue, year 164 years, rotate 16 hours, 11 moons, ring system, great dark spot

Greenish blue, rotates on side, ring system, 22 moons, year 84 years, rotates once in 17 hours.

The sun, nine planets, their moons, and all other objects that revolve around the sun

rings ice & dust, rotates 11 hour, 31 moons, 1 has atmosphere, stormy clouds, 2 largest planet,

ball or ice, rock, frozen gases, and dust

Mercury

Uranus

What planets does the asteroid belt lie between?

venus

Fastest rotates once every 59 days, year 88 days, craters flat areas, no atmosphere, no moons

Neptune

The layer of the suns atmosphere that gives off light

Pluto