What is Geocentric?
having or representing the earth as the center
What is Milky Way?
the galaxy in which we live that contains the stars that make up the Milky Way.
What is Gas giants
a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
What is Heliocentric?
having or representing the sun as the center
What is Solar System?
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbits around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
What is Terrestrial Plane
Earth-like planets made up of rocks or metals with a hard surface.
What is Big Bang?
theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.
What is Planets?
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
What is Dwarf Planet?
a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
What is Universe
all existing matter and space considered as a whole
What is Asteroid?
small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
What is Galaxy
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust,
held together by gravitational attractio
What is Comet
a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.