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  • 11Triton (moon) — Triton Voyager 2 photomosaic of Triton s sub Neptunian hemisphere. The bright, slightly pinkish, south polar cap at bottom is composed of nitrogen and methane ice and is streaked by dust deposits left by nitrogen gas geysers. The mostly darker… …

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  • 12Mercury (planet) — Mercury  ☿ …

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  • 13mercury — /merr kyeuh ree/, n., pl. mercuries. 1. Chem. a heavy, silver white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations,… …

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  • 14solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it. [1695 1705] * * * The Sun, its planets, and the small bodies (see asteroid, Centaur object, comet, Kuiper belt, meteorite, and Oort cloud) interplanetary dust and gas… …

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  • 15Callisto (moon) — Callisto View of the heavily cratered terrain of Callisto s anti Jovian hemisphere obtained in 2001 by NASA s Galileo spacecraft. The large impact structure Asgard is on the limb at upper right. The prominent rayed crater below and just right of… …

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  • 16MESSENGER — This article is about the NASA space mission. For other uses, see Messenger. MESSENGER Artist s rendering of MESSENGER orbiting Mercury. Operator NASA / APL Major contractors APL …

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  • 17Galilean moons — Montage of Jupiter s four Galilean moons, in a composite image comparing their sizes and the size of Jupiter. From top to bottom: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in… …

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  • 18Mercury's magnetic field — Magnetosphere of Mercury Graph showing relative strength of Mercury s magnetic field. Discovery[1] …

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  • 19Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) …

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  • 20Outer space — For other uses, see Outer space (disambiguation). The boundaries between the Earth s surface and outer space, at the Kármán line, 100 km (62 mi) and exosphere at 690 km (430 mi). Not to scale Outer space is the void that exists beyond any… …

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