Exploring our Solar System

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thought to be a very sparse sphere of comets encircling the solar system out to a distance of about 50,000 AU

a large, massive planet (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune) that is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium

the regular rise and fall of water in the oceans

event that occurs when the shadow of one body in space, such as a planet or moon, falls on another Umbra the darkest part of a shadow

A round depression in the surface of a planet, moon, asteroid, or comet, caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

small, rocky solar system bodies, most of which are found orbiting the sun in a region between Mars and Jupiter

a region of the moon's shadow that surrounds the umbra and is less dark than the umbra

a cloud of dust and gas that can eventually collapse to form one or more stars with a planetary system