Our Solar System

A spherical object that orbits the sun that is not a moon and has nothing in nearby orbit.

Sixth planet from the Sun, known for brilliant ring system.

Small and compact planets that orbit closest to the sun including Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants, made of ice, gas and liquids.

A ball of rock, ice, and frozen gases in space.

Planet closest to our Sun, (second) smallest planet in our solar system.

A small piece of material that burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere aka a shooting star

Celestial body of hot gases.

A pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky.

What type of galaxy are we in?

Pluto is a planet.

What is the Kuiper belt?

Fourth planet from the Sun known as the red planet because of red soil.

The path of one object in space around another object.

A large object that moves around a star.

A _____ is an icy small Solar System body.

A sun and all of the objects that revolve around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, etc.

Made up of all of the solar systems and galaxies, larger than a solar system and galaxy.

Fifth planet from the Sun, largest planet in our solar system.

A meteor that impacts the earth's surface or moon

Eighth planet from the Sun, windiest planet in our solar system.

Any natural body that revolves around a planet.

Seventh planet from the Sun, blue due to methane gas tipped on its side.

Consists of thousands of asteroids and forms a vast ring between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter