Name: Star Systems and Types of Galaxies
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 12 min 50 s
Description: Astronomers classify galaxies into three major categories: elliptical, spiral and irregular. Let's watch this video to know more about it.

Question

What are the different kinds of objects that our solar system consists of? Describe each in one or two lines.

Accepted Answer

Solar System consists of the Sun, the eight Planets and their Satellites (or moons), and millions of smaller celestial objects such as Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids.

Sun - It is the star around which the Earth and other planets revolve.

Planets - Planets are the large celestial objects (or celestial bodies) which revolve around the Sun in closed elliptical paths called orbits.

Satellite - A satellite is a celestial body that revolves around a planet.

Asteroids - Asteroids are small celestial objects which revolve around the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Comets - Comets are very small celestial objects made of gas and dust which revolve around the Sun in highly elliptical orbits and become visible only when they come close to the Sun.

Meteoroids - Meteoroids are celestial objects which range in size from tiny sand grains to big boulders of several hundred tonnes and revolve around the Sun in their orbits.

a.Ursa Major	i. Hunter
b. Ursa Minor	ii. Akasha Ganga
c. Milky Way galaxy	iii. Polaris
d. Orion	iv. Vrihat Saptarishi
e. Pole star	v. Laghu Saptarishi

What are the different kinds of objects that our solar system consists of? Describe each in one or two lines.

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