Astronomy

Subdecks (7)

Cards (244)

  • “Iron Dwarf” for having a large iron core and being only 38% the size of Earth

    Mercury
  • Composition: Iron Core, Silicate Surface
    (Iron core is about the size of Earth’s moon)
    Mercury
  • Hundreds of craters
    Mercury
  • Second planet from the Sun
    Venus
  • “Sister Planet” roughly the same size and mass as Earth’s
    Venus
  • Clouds made of sulfuric acid
    Venus
  • Lots of volcanic features, but not active.
    Venus
  • Third planet from the Sun
    Earth
  • 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% argon
    Earth
  • One moon
    Earth
  • Eighth planet from the Sun
    Neptune
  • “Blue Colossus”
    Five main rings
    Neptune
  • Atmosphere: 79% Hydrogen, 18% Helium and 3% Methane

    Neptune
  • Dynamic atmosphere with a main clouds of methane ice crystals.
    Neptune
  • Composition: Hydrogen and other elements mixed into an icy liquid (outer mantle), slushy mixture rich in water, methane, and ammonia (inner mantle), and an icy & rocky (core)
    Neptune
  • Orbit is almost perfectly circular
    Neptune
  • Axial inclination of 97.8° (sideways compared to other planets)
    Neptune
  • Little is known, but best guess is that 70% of the planet is rock and ice makes up the other 30% of the planet.
    Pluto
  • 67% of the diameter of the moon.
    Elongated and inclined orbit different than the other planets

    Pluto
  • Belt of icy planet building leftovers
    Kuiper belt