Definitions
A natural satellite or body that travels around a planet.
What is a Moon?
A probe launched to explore Jupiter and Saturn. It collects scientific information and is over 20 billion km away from Earth.
What is voyager 1?
A planet that is the 3rd from the sun and is our home!
What is Earth?
Objects in space that orbit around another larger object.
What is a satellite?
An object that orbits the sun made of clay and rock.
What is an asteroid?
An unmanned spacecraft designed to collect information as it travels through space.
What is a probe?
A telescope that observes planets, galaxies and stars in space. This telescope is solar powered.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
A planet made of mostly rocks and minerals. It has no moons and is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is mercury?
The first satellite put into orbit by Alberta.
What is Ex-Alta 1
An object that orbits the sun made of dust and ice.
What is a comet?
The sun and the bodies that orbit around it.
What is the solar system?
a vehicle designed to explore the surface of mars. It takes pictures, collects rock samples and studies the soil!
What is the mars curiosity rover?
A planet that is home to the great red spot and is a giant storm.
What is Jupiter?
Satellites that are constructed and put into orbit by humans.
A celestial body like planet but not classified as such.
What is a Dwarf Planet (ex. Pluto)
Exploration devices that are designed to land on a planet or celestial body and collect information.
What is a rover?
A large spacecraft where astronauts from around the world live. It orbits Earth every 90 mins. This is where a lot of space research is done.
What is the International Space Station?
The farthest planet in our solar system. It has 14 moons!
What is Neptune?
2 different purposes of artificial satellites.
What is: GPS, research, weather forecasting, communication, pictures.
To give out light.
What is emit?
Celestial bodies that orbit around another larger object.
What is a natural satellite?
Voyager 1's twin.
What is voyager 2?
A saying to help you remember the order of the planets.
What is: "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos"
What is the moon an example of?
A collection of asteroid found within a solar system.
What is an asteroid belt?