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are included in the assessment task.
Range Two objects which may include but are not limited to – moon,
stars, blue star, white dwarf, red giant, planets, solar system,
galaxy.
1 Planet Statistics
In the table below there is a lot of information about our Solar System. The first
five columns of figures are compared with Earth. For example Neptune is over 30
times further from the Sun than Earth is, and the gravitational pull on Saturn is 1.2
times as great as gravity on Earth.
Use the information table and your knowledge of objects in space to answer the
questions.
a) If you used some bathroom scales to weigh yourself, on which planet would you
e) How many times greater is the Sun's mass compared to the Earth's mass?
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2.1 Y
f) Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun, but WHY is Venus, the 2nd closest
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h) Give TWO reasons why the sun is recognized as the most significant object in the
Solar System.
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2. _______________________________________________________________
2.2 Y