Exam 5: The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets

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In composition, the planets have rocky materials like the asteroids.

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What type of exoplanet observation allows unambiguous determination of the exoplanet's mass and radius? Can this be done with most exoplanets?

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Pluto's orbit has a lower inclination to the ecliptic than any planet.

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Why is detecting Earth- sized planets much more difficult than finding Jupiter- sized planets around other stars?

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Researchers estimate that there is more total mass in the Kuiper Belt than in the asteroid belt.

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Contrast meteoroids and asteroids.

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Comets are not actually members of the solar system, but have been captured by the Sun.

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Meteor showers are the result of collisions between asteroids.

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