Chapter 8: The Solar System

The collection of the planets and other bodies that orbit the sun.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

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Move in an elliptical path, like the planets around the sun.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

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A complete spin on an axis.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

A body that orbits a star.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

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A ball of gas that is held together by gravity and that gives off light energy.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

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As a planet follows its orbit, it completes a _______

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_______ are bodies that orbit the sun in large elliptical paths; they are mostly made up of rock, ice, frozen gases, and dust particles, and they develop tails as they travel.

_______ are large rock fragments that orbit the sun in a group called the asteroid belt.

_______ is the study of objects outside Earth's atmosphere.

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A group of many stars and other bodies is a _______.

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