Space Words

a heavenly body similar to a planet but too small to clear other objects from its orbit

the sun and the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors that revolve around it

a smaller body that revolves around a planet

a bright heavenly body that develops a cloudy tail as it moves closer to the sun in its orbit

the heavenly body in our solar system whose light makes our day and around which the planets revolve

any of the heavenly bodies except planets which are visible at night and look like fixed points of light