Third Grade Solar System Vocabulary

a planet’s path in the solar system

when the moon’s shadow falls on Earth because the sun’s light is blocked

the imaginary line (from the north to the south pole) that Earth rotates around

a force that pulls objects towards each other

a group of stars that appears to form a picture

the sun, the planets, and the other objects that orbit the sun

the spinning of earth on its axis

a hot ball of glowing gas that gives off energy

a large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun

the movement of a planet around the sun