Constellations
A sphere of hot gases that gives off heat and light
What is a star?
This number is how many phases of the moon there are
What is 8?
This is a nearly circular path an object takes around another larger body
What is orbit?
These objects are made of mostly ice
What are comets?
A shooting star is actually called this
What is a meteorite?
A pattern of stars
What are constellations?
This is when the Moon is directly between the Sun and Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line
What is inertia?
One of the largest space objects in the solar system
What is an asteroid?
This is when the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
The number of known constellations
What is 88?
The amount of time it takes for the Moon to revolve around Earth
What is 29 days?
This is a complete pass around the Sun
What is a revolution?
These space objects streak across the night sky
What are meteors?
The Sun is mostly made up of this gas
What is Hydrogen (92%)?
The hottest stars are this color
What is white or blue?
The name of the circular depressions on the moon
What are craters?
It takes Earth this long to make a full rotation
What is 24 hours?
Name one of the four largest asteroids
What is Ceres, Juno, Pallas, or Vesta?
This causes ocean water tide's on Earth
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
The distance light travels in one year - used to measure long distances.
What is a light-year?
This is Jupiter's largest moon
What is Ganymede?
The name of the phenomenon where the Sun does not rise above the horizon for 1 or more days
Comets originate in this area of the solar system
What is the outer solar system - beyond Neptune (Oort Cloud)?
The Sun is this many times larger than the Earth