Northern Ireland Key Stage 4

Did you know the Earth is travelling around the Sun at nearly 107,000 kilometres per hour?

An Orrery is a moving, mechanical model of the Solar System. It shows how all of the planets orbit around the Sun.

A satellite is an object which orbits another. An orbit is the curved path that an object in space takes around another object.

Our Solar System contains the Sun, 8 planets, and many small objects like dwarf planets, moons, and as

Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. Most are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This area of our Solar System is known as the Asteroid Belt.