•Two types of planets
–Terrestrial Planets: small, rocky
material, inner solar
system
–Jovian Planets: large, H, He gas, outer solar system
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•Small left-over material,
“debris”, that provides “fossil” record of early
conditions
–Asteroids – mostly between orbits of Mars and
Jupiter
–Comets – mostly in outermost part of solar
system
–Meteorites – material which falls to earth