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Nebula
Cat Eye Crab Eskimo Helix
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IC 4408 NGC 3639 NGC 2818 V838Mon
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Galaxy
M81 M101 NGC1300 NGC3370
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NGC4414 NGC5866 Sombrero Whirlpool
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Planet Mass = lbs Diameter = miles Distance from Sun = miles Rotation = earth days Revolution = earth years Mercury 7.3x10^23 3028 35,909,175 58 0.24 Venus 1.1x10^25 7,521 67,237,911 243 0.61 Earth 1.3x10^25 7,926 92,955,819 1 1 Mars 1.2x10^24 4,217 141,633,261 1 1.9 Jupiter 4.2x10^27 88,732 483,682,805 0.4 11.86 Saturn 1.3x10^27 74,975 886,526,063 0.4 29.46 Uranus 1.9x10^26 31,763 1,783,939,419 0.7 84 Neptune 2.2x10^26 30775 2,795,084,767 0.8 164 Pluto 2.8x10^22 1429 3,670,052,021 6.4 248
Asteroids
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