Celestial Bodies

A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.

• Asteroid

• comet

• moon

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A celestial body that revolves around a planet.

• moon
• star
• comet
• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon.

• meteor
• meteorites
• meteoid

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

• meteor
• meteorites
• meteoid

A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

• meteor

• meteorites

• Meteoroids

The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit around the Sun.

• Asteroid Belt
• Solar System
• Inner Planet
• Outer Planet

Any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt.

• Asteroid Belt
• Solar System
• Inner Planet
• Outer Planet

Any of the rocky, terrestrial planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are inside the asteroid belt.

• Asteroid Belt
• Solar System
• Inner Planet
• Outer Planet

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system.

• satellite
• planet
• solar
• rocky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3