Fill in the blanks:

(a) The planet which is farthest from the sun is _____.

(b) The planet which appears reddish in colour is _.

(c) A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as a ___.

(d) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as a _.

(e) Shooting stars are actually not _.

(f) Asteroids are found between the orbits of and _______.

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(a) The planet which is farthest from the sun is Neptune.

(b) The planet which appears reddish in colour is Mars.

(c) A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as a constellation.

(d) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as a satellite_.

(e) Shooting stars are actually not stars .

(Shooting stars are not stars, they are meteors)

(f) Asteroids are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

(Asteroids occupy a large gap between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

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(b) The planet which appears reddish in colour is ______.
(c) A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as _____.
(d) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as ______.
(e) Shooting stars are actually not ______.
(f) Asteroids are found between the orbits of _____ and ______.

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(d) The brightest star in the night sky is ___.

(e) Ursa Major constellation appears to revolve around the ___ star in the night sky.

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(h) The planet which appears reddish in colour is ___.

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(j) Asteroids are found between the orbits of ___ and ___.

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(a) A group of ________ forming various patterns is called a ________.

(b) A huge system of stars is called _________.

(d) ________ is the third nearest planet to the Sun.

(e) Planets do not have their own _________ and __________.

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A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as a __ _________.

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