lesson 2: the solar system

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eliptical 
the shape of the planets according to Kepler
rene descartes 
scientist of descarte's vortex theory
descarte's vortex theory 
-solar system was formed into bodies
-planets are primarily whirlpool motion
-satellites are secondary
george louis leclere, comte de buffon 
scientists for buffon's collision theory
buffon's collision theory 
proposed that planets were formed by the collision of the sun and a giant comet.
immanuel kant, pierre simon laplace 
scientists of kant laplace nebular theory
kant laplace nebular theory 
nebula collapsed because of gravitational pull. as it collapsed further, local regions contracted to form planets.
nebula 
a great cloud of dust and gas
jeans jeffrey's tidal theory 
planets were formed out of the substances torn from the sun
solar nebular theory 
-solves the problems of kant laplace nebular theory
-offers explanation as to why nebula collapsed
-a star called supernova exploded (cause) and that caused the sun and planets to form
moon 
a satellite that rotates around planets
^Moon 
the moon and the satellite of earth
luna 
the moon of earth
planetesimals 
accretion of grain-sized particles to form and grow into diameters.
protoplanets 
massive objects from coalescing planetesimals
charon 
moon of pluto
asteroids 
made of rocks
kuiper belt 
''final frontier'' located outermost part of the solar system
comets 
mainly ice and non volatile dusts
oort cloud 
-located farther than the kuiper belt
-remain unexplored
trans neptunian objects 
any objects orbitting beyond neptune
terrestial 
-earth like planets
-inner planets
-made up of metallic materials
jovian  
-jupiter like planets
-gas giants
-made up of hydrogen and helium
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANETS
orbits the sun
has sufficient mass
can clear the neighborhood around it
is not a satellite
DWARF PLANETS
eris
ceres
makemake
pluto
haumea