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6th Space
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a small, rocky body that orbits the Sun; a large asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter | Asteroid |
| an object that orbits the Sun; made of frozen water and dust, and has a tail of gas and dust particles that points away from the Sun | Comet |
| force of attraction between two objects due to their masses | Gravity |
| a small piece of matter from outer space that becomes a streak of light when it falls through the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up; also known as a falling or shooting star | Meteor |
| the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space | Orbit |
| one complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object | revolve |
| the spinning of an object on its axis | rotate |
| the star around which the planets orbit. | sun |
| a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun | planets |
| an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star | moon |