Solar System Vocabulary

The following pictures shows the planets farther from the sun.

When a planet turns on its axis it is said to do this

The sun is the largest star in our solar system

The following is a small mass of dust and ice that orbits the sun

The heliocentric model is says all celestial bodies in our solar system revolve around the sun

People used to assume that the sun and planets revolved around the Earth

Pluto was named this in 2006 because it's orbit crosses that of other bodies.

Mrs. Miller is my 5th grade Science Teacher

This planet is our home planet, has an atmosphere of oxygen and is the 3rd planet

This planet is the smallest gas planet, windiest gas planet, and 8th from the sun.

The hot glowing path of a comet can be seen in the night sky

This planet is tilted on its axis, rotates backwards compared to Earth, and is the 7th planet

This is the 1st planet from the sun, has the fastest revolution, and Mariner 10 was the first to visit this planet

Meteors are rock and iron objects that orbit the sun

This planet is the hottest planet, 2nd from the sun, and is covered in toxic clouds

The millions of asteroids found between Mars and Jupiter are this.

This is a stormy planet with a great red spot, the largest planet, and the 5th planet from the sun

An imaginary line that goes through the center of a planet

This planet has the most beautiful rings, Galileo thought it was 3 planets, 6th planet from the sun

This planet has water in its polar ice caps, as the largest mountain in our Solar System, 4th from the sun

The sun has enough gravitational force that it keeps the planets and other objects in _______.

This is what we call the 8 planets and the sun.

A group of billions of stars is a galaxy

Everything that exists is called our ________________

The planets in this photo are called what

When a planet moves around the sun it is called a rotation.

This is the study of all celestial bodies in the solar system.