A small rocky body orbiting the sun

Asteroid

The region of the solar systems between the orbits of mars and jupiter

Asteroid belt

A mixture of gasses that suronds a planet or moon

Atmosphere

A ball of frozen dust and rocks that orbits a planet

comet

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid

crater

A collection of stars dust and gas bound together by gravity

galaxy

The outer planets

gas giants

A force that pulls an object toward each other

gravity

A celestial body moving in an elliptical

planets

A natural object that orbits a planet

moon

The galaxy containing the solar system

milky way

The path an object follows as it moves around another object

orbit

The movment of an object around anouther odject

revolution

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

rotainion

The collection of eight planets and their moons in ordit around the sun

solar system

A ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium that undergoes nuclear fusion

star

The name of the inner planets

terrestrial

A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain needs

dawrf planets

The distance light travels in one year

light year

A ball of frozen dust rock that orbits the sun and has a tail

kuiper belt

A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth atmosphere appearing as a streak of light

meteor

All of space and everything in it

universe