What is a spherical body that orbits around the sun?

Answer 1

All of the following bodies orbit the sun:


-- All of the planets on our solar system, including the earth
-- All the natural satellites of all the planets, including earth's moon
-- The body of every human being, alive or dead, ever born on earth
-- All of the asteroids
-- All of the members of periodic meteor showers
-- All of the periodic comets
-- All of the bodies in the Oort cloud
-- All of the artificial satellites ever constructed on earth,
(whether or not they successfully achieved earth orbit, or were even launched)
-- All but a couple of the space probes ever constructed on earth and launched into space
-- All of the auxiliary hardware, third-stage rocket motors, etc. ever used to launch satellites and space probes

Answer 2

A solar system is defined as a central sun with its associated planets, asteroids, meteors, satellites (i.e.,moons), and comets that are "captured" in its orbit. These various cellestialbodies are trapped in a constant orbit around the sun by its tremendous gravitational pull. The paths that the planets take as they travel around the sun in the same direction - from west to east - is not truly circular, but more of an ellips, or egg-shape path. Our solar system is nestled inside a very large galaxy of stars called the Milky Way. The outer limit of our solar system extends six billion kilometers from the sun.

Answer 3

If the body does not shine, it may be called a planet, provided it has also cleared its orbit. If it is sufficiently large to have pulled itself into a spherical shape, it might be called a dwarf planet. If it shines, it would be another star, and the two stars would be known as a binary pair. It could also be made of neutronium, in which case it would not be very large--perhaps only 20 miles across or so, but it would still have approximately the same mass as a star. This would be known as a neutron star.

The most obvious answer is "planet," but as you can see, not necessarily the only answer.

Answer 4

All of the following bodies orbit the sun:


-- All of the planets on our solar system, including the earth
-- All the natural satellites of all the planets, including earth's moon
-- The body of every human being, alive or dead, ever born on earth
-- All of the asteroids
-- All of the members of periodic meteor showers
-- All of the periodic comets
-- All of the bodies in the Oort cloud
-- All of the artificial satellites ever constructed on earth,
(whether or not they successfully achieved earth orbit, or were even launched)
-- All but a couple of the space probes ever constructed on earth and launched into space
-- All of the auxiliary hardware, third-stage rocket motors, etc. ever used to launch satellites and space probes

Answer 5

A satellite, which by definition means an object placed into the orbit of another body in space. There are two main classifications for a satellite: an artificial satellite, and a natural satellite. Television satellites are usually put into Earths Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) where they can remain stationary above the Earth. A natural satellite, would include things such as the planets around the sun, other planets, or any object in space. The moon is an example of a satellite to Earth, and we are a satellite to the sun. Due to mass to mass ratios and gravitational attraction, smaller objects are usually more effected by the gravitation of larger objects in space.

Answer 6

Objects in orbit of another, usually larger, object in space is called a satellite. The Sun's satellites include planets, meteors, asteroids, comets, and moons.

Answer 7

That's a good qualitative working definition of any of the 8 planets, as well as Pluto and a few of the largest planetary moons.

Answer 8

All of the comets, asteroids, planets, and the planets' moons in the solar system orbit the sun.

Answer 9

Jupiter is the largest planet orbiting the Sun; Saturn is second-largest.

Answer 10

A moon