Earth is part of a Solar system, which is made of a star and the group of planets and other objects that orbit a star.
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Comets are also found in the Solar System and are objects made of ice, rocks, and dirt.
If one of these enters Earth\'s atmosphere and burns up, it called a shooting star, or meteor.
Asteroids also exist outside the Asteroid Belt.
An asteroid is a chunk of rocks and minerals too small to be a planet.
The Asteroid Belt is located between the inner and outer Solar systems.
The next group of four planets is called the outer Solar System and is made of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The inner Solar System consists of the first four planets orbiting the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Our Solar System contains eight planets, an asteroid belt, and moons around the planets.
A star is an object in space that make its own light and heat energy.
The Sun is a star and is the center of our Solar system.
Earth is part of a Solar system, which is made of a star and the group of planets and other objects that orbit a star
