Solar system Flashcards
What is the name for anything that orbits a planet
Satellite
Natural like our moon aren’t man made
Artificial are man made. We used these for things like communicating or orbiting telescopes
How many planets
8
Central star
Sun
The planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The planets all orbit the sun in which orbit
Elliptical not a perfect circle
Where is the asteroid belt
Between mars and jupiter
Asteroid
A small rocky body orbiting the sun
Comet
Small body made up of dust and ice that orbited the sun
Galaxy
Collection of billions of stars
Force holding all the stars together
Gravity
RECAP
A universe is a Vast expanse of mostly empty space scattered with galaxies which themselves are collections of billions of stars, many of which have their own solar systems and solar systems consist of a central star orbited by planets like earth which themselves can be orbited by satellites like the moon