Solar System Vocab Words

How something looks

• apparent

• asteroid

• characteristic

• comet

a trait that can help identify something

• apparent

• asteroid

• characteristic

• comet

a chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• moon

• asteroid

• orbit

• star

a chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched out orbits around the sun

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

• star

the four rocky planets closest to the sun

• moon

• inner planets

• outer planet

• star

a large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• moon

• inner planets

• outer planet

• star

the curved path of an object around a star, a planet, or a moon

• solar system

• orbit

• outer planet

• star

the four large planets farthest from the sun that are made of ice and glass

• solar system

• orbit

• outer planets

• star

the planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planets' moons

• solar system

• orbit

• outer planets

• star

a giant ball of hot, glowing matter

• solar system

• orbit

• outer planets

• star