The elliptical path that a satellite takes is called a(n)

When earth spins this on it's axis (24 hours for it to rotate once (a day) responsible for day)

The imaginary line that causes Earth to tilt. It causes seasons.

It takes one year for Earth to complete this motion moving around the sun.

This is the shape of the orbit Earth follows

This is a small rocky body too small to be a planet

A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

This object does not completely burn up in the atmosphere and strikes the surface of a moon or planet

A chunk of comet or asteroid that broke off. Burns off and becomes smaller as it heads towards Earth.

Occurs when Earth intersects a cometary orbit and comet particles burn up as they enter Earth's upper atmosphere

Objects in motion want to stay in forward motion

Scale model

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