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http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntsolarsyka1.html 1) A Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune, roughly 30-100 AU form the sun containing many small icy bodies. (AU=Astronomical Unit=149,597,876.691km) 2) An albedo is the ratio of the amount of solar radiation reflected from an object to the total amount incident upon it. 3) The belt contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. 4) Mercury's orbital speed in 29 mi/s. A year on Mercury is only 88 earth days. 5) The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. 6) Charon 7) 5,946,000,000 km 8) 2,993 kg of supplies and installed batteries, power converters, a toilet, and a treadmill. 9) Umbra and Penumbra 10) By Size: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, & Pluto By Temperature: Venus, Mercury, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. |
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