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astronomers suggested in the early 1990s that Jupiter serves as a sort of planetary bodyguard for Earth.

Jupiter, the largest planet, was named after the king of the Roman gods.

white, orange, brown, and red, the colors of Jupiter.

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Venus orbits the Sun anti-clockwise but spins clockwise on its axis.

This unique rotation is known as retrograde rotation.

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Phases of the moon occur because we can see only that part of the moon which reflects light towards us.

The changing shape of the bright part of the Moon that we see is called its phase.

The moon is illuminated because it reflects the light from the sun.

The part of the moon facing the sun is lit up.

The part facing away from the sun is in darkness.

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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

Radius: 6,371 km

Mass: 5.972 × 10^24 kg

Distance from Sun: 149.6 million km

Density: 5.51 g/cm³

Orbital period: 365 days

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The earth`s spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane.

This is what causes the seasons. 

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Crust is the thinnest layer of the earth.

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The Moon's surface gravity is about 1/6th as powerful or about 1.6 meters per second.

The Moon's surface gravity is weaker because it is far less massive than Earth.

A body's surface gravity is proportional to its mass, but inversely proportional to the square of its radius.

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Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land north of their province of 'Britannia', beyond the frontier of their empire, roughly corresponding to modern-day Scotland

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Nickel and Iron present in the inner core of the Earth are together known as NiFe.

The extreme pressure exerted on the inner core by the rocks of the layers lying above causes the NiFe to be in a solid state.