The Solar System

2. outer layer of the atmosphere of the sun.
4. huge loops of plasma that are polarized and link sunspot regions.
6. Ptolemy created epicycles that helped earth centered models.
13. streams of electrically charged particles.
15. the average distance measured from the center of the sun to the S.S. objects.
18. Galileo Galillei discovered moons on Jupiter that helped this sun centered model.

1. eruptions releasing large amounts of magnetic energy
3. chunks of dust or rocks smaller than asteroids.
5. orbits the sun, clears out the region of its orbit.
7. reddish glow sometimes visible around the edge.
8. objects that orbit and have enough gravity to be spherical but does not clear the area of their orbits.
9. areas of plasma that are cooler than the plasma around them.
10. small rocky bodies found between Mars & Jupiter.
11. natural satellite
12. inner layer of the sun's atmosphere.
14. accounts for 99.8% of the entire mass of S.S.
16. loose balls of ice and rocks with narrow and long orbits.
17. the force that attracts all objects toward each other.