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What is a large body of rock or gas that orbits a star?
A large body of rock or gas that orbits a star is called a planet. Planets are celestial objects that revolve around a star like our Sun due to the force of gravity. These celestial bodies can vary in size and composition.
Why isn't Pluto a star?
A star is a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy from thermonuclear reactions in its interior. Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet, a planet being a large celestial body that orbits a star and does not radiate any large amounts of nuclear energy. The star Pluto orbits in the Solar System is our Sun.
A large object that orbits a star is a?
Planet.
What is a body that travels around a star?
A planet is a body that orbits around a star.
What is the primary body that orbits a star?
galice
What is a large spherical body that orbits a star?
Generally a planet.An object that orbits a star can be defined as a planet.
What a large body that orbits a star called?
Well by large bodies you mean planets, so its Mercury,venus, saturn, earth uranius,neptune,mars,jupiter.
What is a rocky or gassy body that orbits a star?
planet
What do you call a planet outside the solar system?
A planet: a large body that orbits a star, is called a planet whether it orbits the star that we call the Sun, or whether it orbits the star Betelgeuse. (Too bad for any planets orbiting Betelgeuse . . . it is getting ready to explode in a huge supernova, soon. ("Soon" in astronomy means sometimes in the next hundred thousands of years.))
How can you tell something is a planet and not a moon?
A planet is in direct orbit around a central star, while a moon is in orbit around a large body (a planet) rather than in a direct orbit around a star. The moon orbits the planet, while the planet orbits the sun.
What is a large body of gases or rock and metal that rotates and orbits around a star?
That is called a planet.That is called a planet.That is called a planet.That is called a planet.
A planet is a body which?
Orbits a star and has enough mass to have cleared its orbit of debris.
