Heavenly Bodies Around The Sun

Triton moves around Neptune in a west to east direction.

The planets are soft, gaseous bodies in space.

Pluto gets much colder than Mercury because it is so much farther from the sun.

Pluto was first photographed in 1830.

Planets shine with a steady light while stars seem to twinkle.

Each planet moves at its own speed.

Pluto takes only three months to revolve around the sun.

Meteoroids are made of ________

Most comets _______

Meteors are really falling stars.

Most meteoroids are the size of a grain of sand.

Asteroids in our solar system are found between the planets of _______