Relative Sizes of Celestial Objects

This is a nickname for comets because they are made of ice and rocky dust.

• Dirty Snowcone

• Dirty Snowball

• Italian Ice in a cone!

These are the really big rocks orbiting the sun in the area between Mars and Jupiter.

• Asteroids
• Meteoroids
• Crocks!
• Rock-a-billies!

These are smaller rocks that usually burn up in the atmosphere of earth.

• UFOs

• Comets

• Meteors

• Meaty-O's

Beautiful chunks of ice and dust that have long glowing tails as they orbit the sun.

• Mega-Narwhals
• Icee (cherry flavor)
• Comet
• meteor

This is a nickname for a meteor as it burns up in our atmosphere. They only last for a few seconds as they burn and break apart.

• Flaming gerbils!

• Fiery Octopoids!

• Shooting Stars

• Bursting fire things- oock!

This is bigger than a moon, but smaller than a star.

• planet

• galaxy

• nebula

• universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This is the name for a meteor after it hits the ground. By this time, they are so small they can usually fit in the palm of your hand.

• Sprite
• Possumite
• Hedghog
• meteorite

This is a giant collection of solar systems and stars...

• Nebula (think Crab Nebula!)

• Local Group (think Virgo Super Cluster!)

• Galaxy (Think Milky Way!)

• Universe (think...universe!)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This is a giant cloud of gas and dust. Stars are born here-

• galaxy

• nebula

• Red Giant

• universe

This is the collection of all matter and space! It's the most massive object of all!

• Earth

• Sol

• Galaxy

• Universe