What If There Were a Planet Between Mars and Jupiter?
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- Original Source:American Museum of Natural History
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This activity, a supplement to the Hall of Meteorites Educator's Guide, investigates the transition point between the rocky planets of the inner solar system and the gas planets of the outer solar system. After reviewing the characteristics of the nine planets of the inner and outer solar system, along with the asteroid belt that lies between them, students are asked to investigate this question: If these asteroids had come together at the same time and in the same way to form a 10th planet, what would it be like? Less
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Grade: TK/K to 12
Topics: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science
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