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Oort Cloud

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An extended shell of icy objects that exist in the outermost reaches of the Solar System, far beyond the Kuiper Belt and main asteroid belt.

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Mercury

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Smallest and closest planet to the Sun, with a very thin atmosphere and extreme temperature fluctuations.

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Titan

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Saturn's largest moon and the second-largest in the Solar System; it has a thick atmosphere and liquid hydrocarbon lakes.

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Makemake

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A dwarf planet and perhaps the largest Kuiper belt object after Pluto, known for having no atmosphere.

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Valles Marineris

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One of the largest canyons in the Solar System, located on Mars, stretching over 4,000 km (2,500 mi) long.

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Earth

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Third planet from the Sun, the largest of the terrestrial planets, and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Pluto

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A dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt known for its heart-shaped glacier; once considered the ninth planet.

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Ganymede

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The largest moon in the Solar System, belonging to Jupiter, and the only moon known to have its own magnetic field.

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Olympus Mons

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The largest volcano and highest known mountain in the Solar System, located on Mars.

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Umbriel

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A moon of Uranus that is the darkest of its large moons and has a very old and heavily cratered surface.

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Trans-Neptunian Objects

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Minor planets in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune's orbit, which include dwarf planets like Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.

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Great Red Spot

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A gigantic storm located in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, persisting for at least 400 years.

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Haumea

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A dwarf planet known for its elongated shape and rapid rotation, located in the Kuiper belt.

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Saturn's Rings

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The rings of Saturn are predominantly composed of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust.

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Saturn

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The sixth planet from the Sun, distinguished by its prominent ring system and over 82 moons.

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Io

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One of Jupiter's Galilean moons, the most volcanically active body in the Solar System.

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Triton

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Neptune's largest moon, known for its retrograde orbit and geysers similar to those on Enceladus.

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Asteroid Belt

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The circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.

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Hellas Planitia

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A massive impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Mars, likely the largest visible impact crater in the Solar System.

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Venus

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Second planet from the Sun, known for its thick, toxic atmosphere and surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead.

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Ariel

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One of Uranus' largest and brightest moons, heavily cratered and crosscut by many valleys and scarps.

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Mars

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The fourth planet from the Sun, noted for its red appearance, thin atmosphere, and the presence of the largest volcano and canyon in the Solar System.

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Neptune

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The eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known major planet in the Solar System; characterized by strong winds and a deep blue color.

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Ceres

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The largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, classified as a dwarf planet.

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Hygiea

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The fourth-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and possibly the smallest dwarf planet.

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Vesta

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One of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, known for its exposed core and giant crater Rheasilvia.

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Europa

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A moon of Jupiter with a smooth, icy surface and an ocean beneath, making it a candidate for extraterrestrial life.

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Callisto

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The second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest moon in the Solar System, known for its heavily cratered surface.

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Eris

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A dwarf planet in the scattered disc, which is a region beyond the Kuiper belt; known for its discovery that led to Pluto's reclassification.

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Pallas

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The second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, characterized by its extremely inclined orbit and bumpy shape.

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Comet Halley

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A well-known periodic comet that is visible from Earth every 75-76 years, last seen in 1986.

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Caloris Basin

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A large impact crater on Mercury, one of the largest in the Solar System with a diameter of about 1,550 km (960 mi).

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Sun

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The star at the center of the Solar System, a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, and the most important source of energy for life on Earth.

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Uranus

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The seventh planet from the Sun, unique for its tilted axis of rotation and its faint rings; it's an ice giant with at least 27 known moons.

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Kuiper Belt

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A ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit, where many dwarf planets including Pluto are located.

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Comet Hale-Bopp

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A comet that was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months in 1996-97, one of the brightest seen for many decades.

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Jupiter

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The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System, with a massive magnetic field and more than 79 moons.

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Charon

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The largest of the five known moons of Pluto and mutually tidally locked with it.

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Miranda

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The smallest and innermost of Uranus's five major moons, known for its heavily fractured and grooved surface.

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Enceladus

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A small moon of Saturn known for its geysers ejecting water into space, indicating a subsurface ocean.

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