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LESSON 1: THE UNIVERS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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What is a galaxy?

• Each of the parts that make up the universe .• Each galaxy is the set of stars and planets.• The Earth and its solar system belongs to a

galaxy called the Milky Way.

What is the difference between the heliocentric and geocentric system?

System geocentric

System heliocentric

The earth is the center of all the universe and all

stars and planets revolve around it.

The center of the solar system is the sun and the earth and other planets

revolve around

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What is the Solar System?

• The set of planets and stars that revolve around a star called Sun .

¿Qué es el Sol?

• Es la estrella alrededor de la cual giran los planetas del Sistema Solar.

• Una estrella es una gran masa de gases donde se dan reacciones nucleares que liberan grandes cantidades de energía.

What are the planets of the Solar System ?Planets:

Interior planets : they are solid. Mercury , Venus , Earth, Mars

External planets: they gaseous

Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune.

¿Cuáles son los planetasdel Sistema Solar?

Dwarf planets

Too small to be considered planets. Ceres and Pluto

What two types of movements performed planets?

rotation

translation

Motion of a planet around himself

Motion of a planet around

the Sun

What are the satellites?• They are stars or bodies orbiting

planets

•What is the Moon?

It´s the Earth´s satellite

What are asteroids ?

• Small rocky bodies that are not considered planets

What are meteorites ?

• Asteroids coming out of its orbit and can fall on the planets

What are comets ?

Small bodies of ice and dust that move in larger orbits