What are comets?

Comets are large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun.


They have elliptical orbits.

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What are asteroids?

Asteroids are large objects made of rock and metal that orbit the Sun.

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What is a galaxy?

A galaxy is a collection of billions of stars that all orbit the same point.

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What is a satellite?

A satellite is an object that orbits a planet.


For example, moons are satellites, and so is the international space station.

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What is a natural satellite? Give an example.

A natural satellite is a satellite that is not man-made.


For example, a moon.

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What is an artificial satellite? Give an example.

An artificial satellite is a satellite that is man-made.


For example, the satellites we produce for communication or the international space station.

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Do planets have perfectly circular orbits, or elliptical orbits?

Elliptical orbits.

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What is the name of the galaxy that we're part of?

The Milky Way

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What is the Solar System?

The Solar System consists of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including planets and moons etc.

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