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Amazing NASA facts about solar system exploration
Explore cool facts about our solar system- from planets and moons to icy edges far away.
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It’s called the “solar system” because “solar” means related to the Sun.
Why is it called the solar system?
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It’s a cold, wide ring of small icy objects. Pluto is the most famous one found there.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
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It’s a bubble made by solar wind from the Sun. Its edge, called the termination shock, is about 100 times farther than Earth.
What is the heliosphere?
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Our solar system has hundreds of moons. Some orbit planets, others orbit dwarf planets and asteroids.
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Jupiter and Saturn have the most moons.
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Mercury and Venus have none, though Venus has a strange object called Zoozve.
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Tiny Pluto has five moons.
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Breathtaking space pics from NASA
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