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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Red planet

Largest Volcano in Solar System (Olympus Mons)

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Closest to the Sun

Smallest planet without a moon

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: gas giant

Planet with the largest number of rings

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet is nearly the same size as Earth

Planet considered to be Earth’s sister planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: The only planet we know with life

Terrestrial planet that rotates in 24 hours

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Largest planet

Planet that has the strongest gravity in solar system

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Deep blue color

Planet farthest from the sun

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Red planet

Planet with large dust storms

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet looks like it rotates on its side

Planets’ moons have names after characters created by William Shakespeare

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE gRAb bAgpLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Second largest gas giant

Rings made of ice and dust

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Largest planet in solar system

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Hint: gas giant

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Planet is considered the hottest in the solar system

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Hint: Earth’s sister planet

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The planet that has the largest canyon in the solar system

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Red planet

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Planet that is one AU from the sun

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Hint: planet has a large amount of water

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Coldest planet in solar system

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Hint: blue-green color

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Seasons last for 40 years

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Hint: Deep blue planet

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Planet with iron core and a wrinkle-like surface

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Hint: Closest to the Sun

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Planet has a moon larger than Mercury

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Hint: gas giant

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Planet that takes 365.25 days to revolve around the sun

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Hint: Only planet with lots of liquid water on the surface

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Planet that orbits 9.5 AU from the sun

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Hint: Known for its beautiful rings

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Smallest terrestrial planet

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Closest to the Sun

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Planet that is known to have 67 moons

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Largest planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Planet with two small moons

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Red planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Considered to be the smallest gas giant

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Deep blue color

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Surface of planet is covered in craters

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Smallest planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Brightest object in night sky (other than our moon)

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Earth’s sister planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

“Third Rock” from the sun

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Has one moon

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Most distant planet seen without a telescope

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Is known for its beautiful rings

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Planet’s north pole receives sunlight for 42 years; then is in darkness for 42 years

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet looks to rotate on its side

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

pLANETARY EXpLORATIONS

Planet that is an average of 30 AU from the sun

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet has a beautiful blue color

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Planet contains a giant storm called “The Great Red Spot”

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Largest planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

First planet discovered using a telescope

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet is blue-green and can look almost featureless

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Planet that has two moons

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Red planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Takes 88 days to revolve around the sun

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Closest to the Sun

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Planet that has 13 known rings; some dark and some brightly colored

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Hint: planet looks to tilt on its side

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Atmosphere mostly made of carbon dioxide

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Earth’s sister planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Cassini, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever built, orbited this planet

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: planet has beautiful rings

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Only planet with one moon

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Astronauts have landed on this planet’s moon

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

The windiest planet—has stronger winds and storms than Jupiter

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Hint: beautiful blue planet

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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, causing a nearly three-year grounding of the United States space shuttles

10th century C.E.

SpACE TECHNOLOgY

Sun rises in the west and sets in the east

pLANET FEATURE CARDS

Hint: Earth’s sister planet