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Across
- 4. The galaxy that contains our solar system
- 7. An imaginary line an object spins around
- 8. A scientist who studies space
- 11. A group of stars forming a pattern
- 13. A large cloud of gas and dust in space
- 14. An object that orbits a planet
- 16. The force that pulls objects toward each other
- 18. A small planet that orbits the sun
- 19. The layer of gases around a planet
Down
- 1. A space rock that burns in Earth’s atmosphere
- 2. A rocky object that orbits the sun
- 3. The amount of matter in an object
- 4. A meteor that reaches Earth’s surface
- 5. The act of traveling to learn about space
- 6. All of space and everything in it
- 9. A vehicle designed to travel in space
- 10. A measure of how hot or cold something is
- 12. The movement of one object around another
- 15. The spinning of an object on its axis
- 17. A huge system of stars, gas, and dust