Celestial Objects and Gravity

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

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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

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

• moon
• asteroid
• planet
• meteoroid

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

• planet
• meteorite
• star
• asteroid belt

Hale-Bopp is made of ice and dust. It orbits far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This tail extends more than 1 million km. What am I?

• star
• comet
• meteor
• asteroid

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Contains the sun and celestial objects that orbit it

• Big Bang Theory
• Solar System
• Meteor
• Astronomy

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a system that contains billions of stars

• galaxy
• milky way
• solar system
• Astronomy

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The atmosphere is mainly nitrogen and oxygen. It is a terrestrial planet.

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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This terrestrial planet has no moon and is 58 million kilometers from the Sun.

• Mercury
• Earth
• Jupiter
• Venus