Solar System Chloe Court

3. System :the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. The planets of the solar system are (in order of distance from the sun) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
4. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
6. the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
8. Year :a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607
11. :A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon.
12. :the star round which the earth orbits.
13. :a small rocky body orbiting the sun.

1. :a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
2. :a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
3. :a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
5. :a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
7. :an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
9. :a small body of matter from outer space that
10. :a spot or patch that appears from time to time on the sun's surface, appearing dark by contrast with its surroundings.
11. :the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun