Space Vocabulary

sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun

Major bodies that orbit a star

orbits a planet

composed mostly of rock or metal

The movement of one object in an orbit around another object

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

the gravitational curved path of an object around a point in space

attractive force that acts between any two objects

Something that may help to be successful or to gain

factor which makes a person or a thing less useful or successful