Space Vocabulary

A group of planets that move around the sun

• Solar system

• Meteorite

• planet

• moon

A bright, shining object that is at the centre of the solar system

• sun

• moon

• planet

• meteorite

Rock metal that has fallen to earth from space

• sun

• solar system

• meteorite

• telescope

A ball of space ice which has a long tail of gas

• moon

• comet

• satellite

• orbit

A large round object that moves around the sun

• meteorite

• comet

• planet

• satellite

The special name for a planet's path around the sun

• orbit

• solar system

• satellite

• comet

A machine in space that sends information back to earth

• orbit

• satellite

• planet

• comet

An instrument used to look at far away objects

• satellite

• solar system

• moon

• telescope

A name of a spaceship that was sent to outer space

• satellite

• tellescope

• solar system

• voyager

A natural object that orbits some planets

• satellite

• orbit

• voyager

• moon