Celestial Bodies

Any natural body outside earth's atmosphere is called a celestial bodies

Example

Stars, Planets, Moon, Asteroids, Moons etc. are Celestial Bodies

Let's look at some of them

• Stars (Sun is also a star)
• Moons (Also known as satellites)
• Planets
• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors and meteorites
• Galaxies

What is astronomy?

Study of celestial objects and their associated phenomena is called astronomy

What is solar system?

Sun and all celestial bodies around it form the solar system

It includes

Sun + Planet + Satellites + Asteroids + Comets + Meteors

Note: It does not include Stars except the Sun

In real life, the solar system looks like

Questions

NCERT Question 5(a) - Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F):

(a) Pole Star is a member of the solar system. ( )

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NCERT Question 11 - Name two objects other than planets which are members of the solar system.

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