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Asteroids are minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids.

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Aridisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. Aridisols form in an arid or semi-arid climate. Aridisols dominate the deserts and xeric shrublands, which occupy about one third of the Earth’s land surface.

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The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth’s surface, and those that do not. The true horizon is actually a theoretical line, which can only be observed when it lies on the sea surface. 

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A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetism—the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location. The measurement of the magnetization of a magnetic material is an example.

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Apsis denotes either of the two extreme points in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The plural term, “apsides,” usually implies both apsis points; apsides can also refer to the distance of the extreme range of an object orbiting a host body.

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Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional figure or shape or planar lamina, in the plane. Surface area is its analog on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional object.

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The geosphere may be taken as the collective name for the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. The different collectives of the geosphere are able to exchange different mass and/or energy fluxes.

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The sky (or celestial dome) is everything that lies above the surface of the Earth, including the atmosphere and outer space.

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Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.

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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the ‘Red Planet’.

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