Cosmology

A "small' rock or piece of debris orbiting in space

Huge clouds of interstellar gas- the birth place of stars

Large rocky objects that orbit the Sun and are usually found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter

a meteoroid that enters Earth's Atmosphere and becomes a fireball

Number of planets in our solar system

White band of light in the night sky made of more than 200 billion stars

A phenomenon that causes you to see different views of the same object

'Close' stars clumped together by gravitational forces over billions of years to form these.

List the four Gas Giant Planets

Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

They orbit the sun, reflect the light from the sun, do not twinkle and are large enough to clear their orbit of dust rock and other objects

Theory that the Universe began with an enormous explosion of energy

The study of the Universe

The Sun and the planets make up this system

Reflects sunlight. Is the biggest and brightest object in the night sky when visible

The study of stars

Name two constellations

The distance traveled by light in one year

A group of stars that form a picture or pattern that is recognized by people around the world

Made of ice, carbon dioxide and dust. It is a long shining tail and travels around the Sun

List the order of the planets