A | B |
asteroids | orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter |
comet | orbit the sun in very eccentric orbits (have a tail) |
galaxy | system of billions of stars held together by gravity |
Moon | Earth's only natural satellite |
Milky Way | galaxy that we are in |
planet | means "wandering star" |
telescope | intrument that makes it possible to study the stars |
meteor | a "shooting star" |
Jupiter | the most massive planet in our solar system |
ellipse | the shape of a planet's orbit around the sun |