Astronomy

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Across
  1. 1. Closest star to the earth
  2. 2. A group or pattern of stars
  3. 3. The science of the sun, moon, planets, stars, and all other heavenly bodies
  4. 7. a mass of stone or metal that enters the earth’s atmosphere from space
  5. 8. the star that does not appear to move in the sky
  6. 10. A heavenly body made of ice that often has a tail, and orbits the sun
  7. 12. A small piece of rock or dust in space, that does not necessarily orbit the sun.
  8. 13. the largest planet, with the big red spot storm
  9. 14. a heavenly body that revolves around a planet
  10. 15. time it takes for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun
  11. 16. the amount of time it takes the earth to rotate once on its axis
Down
  1. 1. a sun with a group of heavenly bodies held by its attraction and revolve around it
  2. 4. a heavenly body producing its own light
  3. 5. "in your sight"
  4. 6. amount of time it takes the moon to revolve once around the earth
  5. 9. A large mass of rock or stone that orbits the sun, found mainly in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  6. 11. the closest planet to the sun