1.3 Terrestrial and Jovian Planets: Geology of the Solar System The planets fall quite nicely into two groups: the terrestrial, Earth-like planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the Jovian, Jupiter-like planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was recently …
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1.2 How Did the Planets Form? Planetary Geology & the Solar Nebula The Sun and planets formed at the same time from a large rotating cloud of interstellar dust and gas called the solar nebula. As the solar nebula contracted, …
1.1 The planets of the solar system: Planetary Geology When people first recognized that the planets resemble Earth more than the stars, excitement grew. Could intelligent life exist on these other planets, or elsewhere, in the universe? Space exploration has …
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How did the planet Uranus get its name? How to pronounce Uranus? Its name has been the butt of countless bad jokes. The planet Uranus is the dimmest bulb in our solar system, and nothing more than a celestial conglomeration …
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