COSMOS EXPLORATION

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Across
  1. 3. Planet closest to the sun
  2. 5. Bowl-shaped depression on a planet or moon
  3. 6. Large celestial body that revolves around a star
  4. 9. Group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
  5. 12. Earth's natural satellite
  6. 14. When one celestial body passes in front of another, blocking its light
  7. 16. Circular bands of rock and ice around a planet
  8. 18. Second planet from the sun
  9. 20. Distance that light travels in one year (5.88 trillion miles)
  10. 22. Object made mostly of ice, dust, and rocky material that orbits the sun
  11. 23. Massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity
  12. 25. A space rock entering the earth's atmosphere and burning up
  13. 27. Galaxy that contains our solar system
Down
  1. 1. All of space and everything in it
  2. 2. Largest planet in our solar system
  3. 4. Object that orbits a planet
  4. 7. Object mostly made of metal and rock that orbits the sun
  5. 8. Star around which the earth orbits
  6. 10. Path a celestial object takes as it revolves around another object
  7. 11. Sun and the planets orbiting in it
  8. 13. Fourth planet from the sun
  9. 15. Sixth planet from the sun
  10. 17. Massive collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
  11. 19. A cloud of gas and dust in space
  12. 21. Device used to observe distant objects in space
  13. 24. Force that pulls objects toward each other
  14. 26. Relating to the moon