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- 3. A huge mixture of gases, dust, stars, planets and other objects that are held together by their own gravity
- 5. A huge ball of gas that is so heavy that it causes nuclear reactions within itself. This produces heat and light
- 8. An object in a stable orbit around a much larger object
- 10. The farthest artificial satellite from the earth
- 11. Dwarf planet of the Solar System
- 13. Second closest planet to the Sun
- 16. planet more closest to the sun
- 17. Seventh planet from the Sun and is the third largest planet in our Solar System
- 21. Closest star to Earth
- 22. Was the first asteroid to be orbited and landed on by a spacecraft
- 24. Eighth planet in the Solar System closest to the Sun
- 25. Is a large comet about 37 miles (60 kilometers) in diameter
- 26. Provided the first-ever simultaneous 3D observations of the Sun
- 27. America's first asteroid sample return mission.rst asteroid sample return missionAmerica's first asteroid sample return mission
- 28. Is a fresh periodic comet. It has made only a few close passes by the Sun, which is why it was selected for the first comet sample return mission Stardust
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- 1. Is the most famous of comets, featured in the Bayeux tapestry, which chronicles the Battle of Hastings in 1066
- 2. Travel through the Sun’s atmosphere
- 4. People who travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere
- 6. It rotates so fast that the spin deforms it shape
- 7. Planet we live on
- 9. The second brightest object in the kuiper belt
- 10. Is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost nine percent-vesta mass of all asteroids
- 12. Makes up almost a third of the asteroid belt's total mass, but it is still far smaller than Earth's Moon
- 14. Sixth planet of the Solar System
- 15. It is the only celestial body in which the human being has made a manned descent
- 16. Fourth planet in the Solar System closest to the Sun
- 18. a large rocky object that orbits a star but is too small to be a planet
- 19. Is a giant metal asteroid composed mostly of metallic iron and nickel similar to Earth’s core
- 20. The biggest planet on the solar system
- 23. Was first to explore Pluto up close