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Comets Worksheet
Comets Worksheet
Comets Worksheet
and everything that orbits around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and
meteoroids. The planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, and so-called dwarf planet, Pluto, revolves around the Sun, including other
celestial bodies.
You have also learned that the four innermost planets in the solar system-
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called terrestrial planets because they have a
compact, rocky surface like the Earth's, while Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are
known as the Jovian planets, because they are all gigantic gaseous planets.
Further, you have also learned that a region of space between the orbits of Mars
and Jupiter, where most of the asteroids in our Solar System are found orbiting the Sun,
is called Asteroid Belt, which probably contains millions of asteroids.
To test your memory regarding your previous lesson, look at the illustration given, and
color and identify the components of the solar system. Write your answers on the boxes
provided for.