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    The document outlines the criteria for classifying planets and dwarf planets, as well as characteristics of the eight major planets. To be a planet, a celestial body must orbit the sun, be round in shape due to gravity, and be dominant in its orbital neighborhood. Dwarf planets also orbit the sun and are round, but are not satellites and have not cleared their orbits. The eight major planets are divided into four terrestrial and four gas planets. The terrestrial planets are rocky, while the gas planets are larger and gaseous. The planets differ in their axial tilt, magnetic fields, and atmospheric heating processes.

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    The document outlines the criteria for classifying planets and dwarf planets, as well as characteristics of the eight major planets. To be a planet, a celestial body must orbit the sun, be round in shape due to gravity, and be dominant in its orbital neighborhood. Dwarf planets also orbit the sun and are round, but are not satellites and have not cleared their orbits. The eight major planets are divided into four terrestrial and four gas planets. The terrestrial planets are rocky, while the gas planets are larger and gaseous. The planets differ in their axial tilt, magnetic fields, and atmospheric heating processes.

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    The document outlines the criteria for classifying planets and dwarf planets, as well as characteristics of the eight major planets. To be a planet, a celestial body must orbit the sun, be round in shape due to gravity, and be dominant in its orbital neighborhood. Dwarf planets also orbit the sun and are round, but are not satellites and have not cleared their orbits. The eight major planets are divided into four terrestrial and four gas planets. The terrestrial planets are rocky, while the gas planets are larger and gaseous. The planets differ in their axial tilt, magnetic fields, and atmospheric heating processes.

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    Characteristics of

    the Planets
    Criteria for a planet

     Always in an orbit around the sun


     Possesses a sufficient mass enough for its own
    gravity to overcome rigid body forces to
    make it nearly round in shape
     Needs to have cleared its neighborhood of
    smaller objects, making it the dominant
    gravitational body in their orbit wherein when
    they interact with these smaller objects, they
    must either consume them or sling them
    away with their gravity
    Criteria for a dwarf planet

     Always in an orbit around the sun


     Possesses a sufficient mass enough for its
    own gravity to overcome rigid body forces
    to make it nearly round I shape
     Is not a natural satellite
    The Eight Major Planets
    The Terrestrial Planets

     Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth. and Mars


     Known for their rocky composition and for
    being dense
     Also called the inner planets
    The Gas Planets

     Also known as the Jovian planets


     Includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
    Neptune
     Bigger in size and gaseous
     Outer planets
    How do each planet differ from
    one another?
     Angle of inclination on their axis
     Magnetic Field
     Warming Process in the atmosphere
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