Question |
Answer |
What can you see in the night sky? |
on a clear night, you may see stars, the moon, planets, meteors, and commets |
Satellite |
a body that orbits a planet |
Planets |
objects that orbit the sun |
Meteor |
the streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering Earth's atmosphere |
Comet |
a cold mixture of dust and ice that gives up along trail of light as it approaches that sun |
Stars |
are giant balls of hot gas mainly composed of hydrogen and helium |
Constellation |
a pattern or group or stars that people imagined to represent a figure, animal, or object |
Polaris |
commonly called the north star |
How do objects in the sky appear to move? |
the apparent motion of objects in the sky depends on the motions if earth |
Zodiac |
the small narrow band in the sky that appears planets go through |