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| a large solid object made of rock and metal. |
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| the group of asteroids found between Mars and Jupiter |
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*made of gas, ice and dust
*has a bright fiery head and a long tail of light
*comets have very large obits and travel to the edge of the solar system |
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| a star made of hot explosive gases |
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| large solid object that travels around the sun (a star) on a specific path called an orbit |
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| our sun and eight planets |
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curved path the planets take as they travel around the sun
planets close to the sun have smaller orbits |
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| a force that works between the sun and planets to keep the planets in place |
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jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptune |
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| explosion that resulted in the formation of universe ( a theory ) |
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| person who studies astronomy |
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a dark area on the sun
it is darker because it is cooler than the areas around it |
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| the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere |
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earth's movement around the sun-takes one year
each planet has a different number of days to make up its year |
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| the spinning of a planet on its axis to create day and night |
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| the explosion of a dying supergiant star |
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| an imaginary line that separates the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere |
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| an imaginary line through the center of the earth at the north and south poles- |
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| the earth is tilted on its axis that is why we have seasons |
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| all of space and everything in it |
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| a bright, giant group of stars |
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| shape of the orbits in our solar system-like an egg |
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