Solar System

orbits the sun, rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared its orbital path

An object that orbits a planet

Irregular rocky object too small to considered a planet.  Orbits between Mars and Jupiter.

The largest object in the solar system.  It is also in the center of the solar system

Rocks smaller than asteroids, generally less than 10 meters across.

Made of our sun, the planets, their moons and a variety of smaller objects.

A giant ball of hot gas, mainly made of hydrogen and helium.

Region in the solar system between Mars and Jupiter where irregular rocky objects orbit the sun

When a smaller object makes it through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.

Cold mixture of ice and dust that gives up a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.

A streak of light that is made when a small object burns up entering Earth's atmosphere.

Orbits the sun, rounded by its gravity, but has not cleared its orbit.