Celestial Body is as expansive as the entire universe. It is called Celestial Bodies or Heavenly Bodies. It is any natural body outside the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes the Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Comets, and the Moon. But those are very limited examples. The Kuiper's belt contains many celestial bodies. Any asteroid in space is a celestial body. They form a part of the vast universe we live in and are usually very far from us.
What is Celestial Body?
planets
The planets in our solar system didn’t appear out of nowhere. Neither did the sun. They were all part of a big cloud of gas and dust. Gravity collected lots of material in the center to...
Galaxies are composed of dust, gas and countless of stars. The number of galaxies cannot be counted— the observable universe alone may contain 100 billion...
galaxies
stars
Stars are the most widely recognized astronomical objects, and represent the most fundamental building blocks of galaxies. The age, distribution, and composition of the stars...
asteroids
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Although asteroids orbit the sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets. Asteroids hang out in other places, too...
comets
Comets are icy bodies in space that release gas or dust. They are often compared to dirty snowballs, though recent research has led some scientists to call them snowy dirtballs. Comets contain dust, ice...
moons
A natural satellite is a not man-made object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself. It is often called moons to identify non-artificial satellites of planets, dwarf planets, or minor...
