Generation Genius: The Solar System Vocabulary

the orbital region around a star in which an Earth-like planet can possess liquid water and possibly support life

a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity

a large region in the solar system past Neptune where Pluto and other dwarf planets orbit the Sun

an astronomical body that orbits a star, is big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape

a gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it

a region in the solar system roughly located between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars that contains asteroids

a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

an attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center

a 3D representation of an object or system that maintains accurate relationships between size and distance

all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy