1. Planetary Satellites SatelliteAny body that orbits antoher Natural satellites are moons 6 of the 8 planets have at least one moon Mercury and Venus do NOT have a moon

2. Earth1 moon

3. Mars2 moons Phobus & Deimos

4. JupiterAt least 28 moons 4 largest are Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

5. Saturn24 moons Largest is Titan

6. Uranus21 moons 5 major moons are Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda

7. Neptune8 moons Triton is the largest

8. Pluto1 moons Charon – almost the same size as Pluto

9. Solar System Debris CometsA mixture of dust, gas and ice that orbits the sun Nicknamed “dirty snowballs” Haley’s comet comes around every 76 years, last seen in 1986

10. CometComa (ice and dust) and a tail (gas)

11. Comets orbit the sun…. The tail of the comet gets “blown” away by the solar wind

12. Asteroids Solid, rock-like fragments orbiting the sun between mars and jupiter

13. MeteoroidsIcy, rocky fragments anywhere in space

14. MeteorsMeteoroids that enter Earth’s atmosphere and begin to “burn” due to the presence of oxygen

15. Meteor Showers“shooting stars”

16. Meteorites A meteoroid that survives the trip through our atmosphere and actually impacts the Earth’s surface, forming impact craters