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The document describes the characteristics of the four rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), highlighting their solid rock composition and atmospheric conditions. It also mentions five dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris) and their sizes relative to major planets, as well as the nature of meteorites that land on Earth. Additionally, it notes Pluto's moon Charon and their unique orbital relationship.

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The document describes the characteristics of the four rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), highlighting their solid rock composition and atmospheric conditions. It also mentions five dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris) and their sizes relative to major planets, as well as the nature of meteorites that land on Earth. Additionally, it notes Pluto's moon Charon and their unique orbital relationship.

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The four rocky planets�Mercury, Venus,

Earth, and Mars�consist of solid rock,


some with shallow atmospheres. The gas :
giants Jupiter and Saturn have small : _-@
rocky cores surrounded by thick layers GPE
e of gas. Uranus and Neptune are similar,

but they are mostly frozen because they


are so far from the hot Sun.

METEORITES DWARF PLANETS


The meteorites that land on Earth range a Astronomers have named five rocky objects
as
from small pebbles to truck-sized or ; ie te. dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea,
Makemake,
even larger chunks of space rock. ~ and Eris. Although they are smaller than the
eight

soimie are TRUTES OH (Dek ane Iran major planets, they are larger than the
thousands

that formed before the Solar


System. Others are parts of
shattered planets. This one
came from the Moon.

of other tiny worlds in the Solar System. Pluto has


a moon called Charon, which is almost half the
size of Pluto�the two orbit each other like twins,
as seen in this distant view from Earth.

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