asteriod

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

asteriod belt

a region of the solar system between mars and jupiter

atmosphere

a mixture of gasses that surrounds a planet

comet

a ball of frozen dust and rock that has a tail

crater

a large round pit caused by an impact of a meteoroid

galaxy

a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

gas giant

the outer planets

gravity

a force that pulls objects towards eachother

planets

a celestial body orbiting the sun

moon

a natural object that orbits a planet

milky way

the galaxy containing the solar system

orbit

the path an object follows as it moves around another object

revolution

the movement of an object around another object

rotation

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis

solar system

a collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun