Page 14 - Karan Yadav - MYP Year 1 Physical Science Booklet
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Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and
the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that
orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the
remainder being smaller objects, the dwarf planets and small Solar
System bodies. The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Pluto is a dwarf planet and the Sun
is a star around which all the planets revolve.
Celestial Body
By definition a celestial body is any natural body outside of the Earth's
atmosphere. Easy examples are the Moon, Sun, and the other planets
of our solar system. But those are very limited examples. The Kuiper
belt contains many celestial bodies. Any asteroid in space is a celestial
body. The video below shows some celestial bodies in space.
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