Earth and Space Vocabulary Practice

A small rocky body orbiting the sun.

The imaginary line around which a spinning object rotates.

Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.

A cluster of billions of stars held together by gravity.

The universal force of attraction acting between all matter.

Relating to the moon.

A natural satellite orbiting around a planet.

The curved path an object in space takes as it moves around another large object.

A celestial body moving in an orbit around a star.

Any object that orbits around something. May be artificial or natural.