Astronomy Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. A celestial body that orbits a planet
  2. 5. The act of spinning by a celestial body on its axis
  3. 7. An orbit is also called a _________.
  4. 8. A mass of stone or metal that has reached the Earth's surface
  5. 9. Giants Planets that are composed mainly of gas
  6. 10. / Masses of rock; Most located between Mars and Jupiter.
  7. 11. The curved path around an object by gravity; Usually elliptical
  8. 12. / When a celestial body cast a shadow onto another celestial body.
Down
  1. 1. Have two tails: Dust and Ion; Have very elliptical orbits; Located in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
  2. 2. Planet third in order from the Sun; Contains life
  3. 4. / A celestial body of large mass that revolves the Sun in elliptical orbits.
  4. 6. Planets that are solid, made of rock
  5. 9. The force of attraction on an object; Influenced by mass
  6. 13. & Rock / What comets are made up of.
  7. 14. A self-luminous body that has a fixed position in the night sky