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Celestial bodies or heavenly bodies are objects in space such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars. They form a part of the vast universe we live in and are usually very far from us.
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Jan 1, 2006 · There are a few groups of bodies: the Sun, giant planets, terrestrial planets (Earth, Venus, Mercury, and Mars), large and dense satellites (Io, the Moon, Europa), large and dense rocky planetoids (Pallas, Vesta) and then all the rest.
- Leszek Czechowski
- 2006
The word celestial body is as wide as the entire universe, for both known and unknown. By definition, a celestial body is any natural object outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. Simple examples are the Moon, Sun, and the other planets of our solar system.
There are four main categories of classifications when determining the type of celestial body an object is. These classifications are: terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn), ice giants (Uranus and Neptune), and dwarf planets (Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake). Ceres at this current time is still ...
A planet is a spherical celestial body that orbits around a star. A celestial body has to respect certain conditions to be considered a planet: It has a mostly spherical, or round, shape. It orbits, or revolves, around a star. It does not emit light.
The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth's terra firma. The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system.
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First, we have the really big ones: clockwise from upper left, Earth, Mercury, Mars and Venus. Next, the four large moons of Jupiter: clockwise from upper left, Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede. Finally, three more large moons: Titan and Triton in the upper row, and, at lower left, the Earth's Moon.