2. ⢠Our solar System is located in the Milky Way
⢠It has 8 planets
⢠Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Our Solar System
4. The different types of
Galaxies
⢠Spiral- Spiral galaxies resemble pinwheels or flat disks of stars with
nuclei (bright spots) in the center. Spirals wrap around these bright spots.
⢠Elliptical- Elliptical galaxies are football shaped, fat in the center
and tapered toward the ends.
⢠Irregular- Irregular galaxies have no visible pattern. These are the
smallest of the galaxies and may contain as few as 1 million stars.
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