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Astronomy

By DerrickAstronomy is

The scientific study and

Observation of the

Universe beyond earth

Including stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.

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Galaxies

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Inner Planets:

These are also known as the

Rocky planets.

Mars:Itwas

namedafterthe

romangodof

war.

Earth:itisthe onlyplanetthathaswater.

Venus:

Itwasn

amed

afterthe

romang

odof

beauty

.

Mercury

:Itonly

takes88

earth

daysfor

mercury

toorbitth

esun.

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Outer planets

and gas giant!

Jupiter:it

wasnamed

after

Roman

kingof

gods

becauseof

it

enormouse

size

Saturn:Itw

as

visibleinthe

northern

hemisphere

Uranus: named

after the father of

All the Greek.

Neptune:

Named after

the romangod of the

sea.

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Pluto

I think Pluto is a planet becausepeople say that Pluto is aplanet but its far away fromthe sun.

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Day and Night

Day and Night are caused by a planets rotation!!

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WWe aree aretilted to thetilted to the

sun.sun.IItsts

SummertimSummertim

e!e!

We aretiltedaway

from thesun.Its

Four seasons!

We aretword thesun.Its Fall!

We are twords the sun.

Its Spring now.

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Gravity