Celestial Bodies

A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.

• coma
• comet
• moon
• planet

The gravitationally-curved path of an object around a point in space.

• Galilean Moons
• Moons of Saturn
• Orbital Path

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another.

• Galilean Moons
• Moons of Saturn
• Orbital Path
• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A celestial body that revolves around a planet.

• moon
• star
• comet
• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Something that orbits around another object.

• satellite
• sun
• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon.

• meteor
• meteorites
• meteoid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light.

• meteor
• meteorites
• meteoid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorites
• meteoid

The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit around the Sun.

• Asteroid Belt
• Solar System
• Inner Planet
• Outer Planet

Any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt.

• Asteroid Belt
• Solar System
• Inner Planet
• Outer Planet