Comparative Planetologidy

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Ast115

2-19-24

Asteroid -Rack +metal bigger than ~ 10m

meteorid - Rock t metal Smaller than N 10m

comet - De bris that is entlerly Rockt ice

Dwarfplanet - orbit the Sun t be round (But dosent Clear its arbH)

moon - Anobject or biting a larger object that orbits a star

lowercase noon/moons.

Comparative Planetologidy

most planets have nearly Circles orbits

All orbit counter Clockwise direction

most OF the planets are tilteld withless then 36°,

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All Planets (except murcury + venus) have two moons,

4 close to the Sun, 4 Far away.

Small Mass

Largue Mass

small Selfer

Largue Size Serfes

High Dinsity

Low Dirsty

6.4 RadioActivety

i sotope 1 A element that has protones but # of Nentrons "C

°C

Halflife I amount of time For one/half of an Element to decay into sun

nofe stable

urmnum has halFlife of 95billon years it has been decaying

wartum 5% wanium

abillon years

25%

precent 4/2 billon Years later

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