Astronomy Vocabulary

bright objects with a tail that moves quickly across the sky. Dirty space snowball.

• Asteroid

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Meteor

a force of attraction that exists between all objects in the Universe.

• Inertia

• Gravity

• The Sun

• Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

orbiting asteroids that separate the inner and outer planets.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Asteroid Belt

• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

are paths taken by objects as they fly around a massive object, such as the Sun, due to INERTIA.

• Galaxy

• Rotation

• Solar System

• Elliptical Orbits

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals.

• Terrestrial (inner) Planet

• Jovian (outer) Planet

• Pluto

• Irregular Planet

a planet that is composed of different gases and is very large.

• Terrestrial (inner) Planet

• Jovian (outer) Planet

• Pluto

• Irregular Planet

spinning of planet or another body on its axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

movement of a planet or other body orbiting another body

• Rotation

• Tilt

• Axis

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

passing of the Moon between Earth and the Sun

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Star Eclipse

• Water Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

passing of the Moon through Earth’s shadow

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Star Eclipse

• Water Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1