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Are asteroids or meteoroids bigger?
Asteroids are bigger.
What's the difference in composition of asteroids and meteoroids compared to comet.
Comets are icy. Asteroids and meteoroids are rocky.
What terrestrial planet has the biggest mass?
Earth
What is odd about Earth's moon?
It's proportionally very big.
How significant is Earth's magnetic field?
It's big; Big enough to protect us
What's Mercury's atmosphere like
basically non-existent
What's in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
What planet has the biggest volume of core?
Mercury
What strength of magnetic field does Mercury have?
very weak
Which of the gas giants has the smallest diameter
Neptune
What's the extent of temperature differences on Mercury
There's big differences between day and night
What's Mercury's escape speed like
very low
What is the only planet with liquid water in abundance?
Earth
does mercury have tectonic activity or weathering
no
does mercury have convection
no
does mercury have moons
no
What planet has the most eccentric orbit
Mercury
What planet is inclined to the ecliptic
mercury
What planet has the shortest orbital period
mercury
What planet is smallest in radius and mass
mercury
what planets are densest
mercury and earth
What planet is red and why
mars is because of iron that's rusting
what planet has almost the same rotation rate as Earth
mars
What's the least dense terrestrial planet
mars
Does mars have seasons
yes
does mars have a magnetosphere
no
did mars used to have water on the surface
yes
Does mars have plate tectonics
no
What planets have shield volcanoes
Venus and Mars
What's mars' atmosphere like
thin and low pressure
Does venus have a magnetosphere
no
does venus have plate tectonics
no
what's venus' atmosphere like
it has a lot of pressure and is very hot. it's filled with sulfur
what planet suffers the most from the runaway greenhouse effect
venus (also mars)
What traps energy on venus
the thick atmosphere
What planet has the great red spot
Jupiter
What planet has the biggest magnetic field
Jupiter
How dense is Jupiter
very not dense
What planets produce energy
Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter
What's jupiter's escape speed
really high
What's the flattest planet
saturn
What's the least dense planet
saturn
What's the biggest planet
Jupiter
what planet has the most noticeable rings
saturn
What moons does uranus have
lots of close ones
does jupiter have seasons
no its almost straight up
What planet is tilted almost entirely on its side
Uranus
does uranus have seasons
really extreme seasons
What makes uranus blue
methane
what's the only jovian planet without an internal heating source
Uranus
What planet has really fast winds
Neptune
What planet radiates the highest ratio of heat
Neptune
what planet rotates fastest
Jupiter
What planet has the longest orbital period
Neptune
what planet rotates slowest
Venus
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