inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
dwarf planets
nearly round bodies whose orbits cross the orbits of other bodies
comets
balls of ice, rock, and dust in space with a tail
meteors
A bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere
meteorites
A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
asteroid
any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
satellite
An object that revolves around another object in space
meteoroid
A chunk of rock or dust in space
