Meteors that have been pulled towards Earth and burn up in the atmosphere.
Large star that provides light and warmth to the Earth.
Imaginary line that goes through the center of a planet from top to bottom.
Smaller chunks of rock and metal have broken off from a comet or asteroid.
Largest collection of asteroids scientists have found. It is located between Jupiter and Mars.
Large chunks of rock and metal that orbit and tumble around the sun.
Elliptical path Earth takes around the sun. It takes 365 days or 1 year.
Large groups of ice, dust and metal that orbit the sun and has a tail tail.
Round like planets, but orbit a planet instead of the sun.
Large disc shaped grouping of over 200 billion stars that spins and is suspended in space . Our solar system is part of this.
