Astronomical Objects

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• moon
• Meteors

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -

• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Comets
• Planets

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor

The luminous celestial body (a bright space object) around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.

• satellite
• planet
• sun
• galaxy

Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.

• asteroid
• comet
• meteor
• meteroid

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

• meteor
• comet
• asteroid
• star

Phobos is a celestial object that orbits Mars and is made mostly of rock. This celestial body is a 

• moon
• asteroid
• planet
• meteoroid

A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.

• planet
• meteorite
• star
• asteroid belt