Exploring the Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. icy rock that lets off dust and flies through space
  2. 4. Station, manned artificial satellite able to support humans for an extended period of time
  3. 5. a natural object that orbits around a larger object
  4. 8. Cloud a shell around our solar system in the shape of a sphere
  5. 9. small or large rocks that float in space
  6. 13. Belt region between Mars and Jupiter
  7. 15. Spectrum all the different lights and energies found in the universe
  8. 16. a celestial body that orbits around a star
  9. 17. Eclipse when Earth interrupts light shining on the moon
  10. 20. Probe an object sent into space at far distances for long periods of time to gather information about space
  11. 21. a person who is trained and equipped for space missions
  12. 23. a word that describes something, not from Earth
Down
  1. 1. name for a meteoroid that has landed on a planet's surface
  2. 3. another name for a space explorer
  3. 6. System set of space objects that include stars and everything that orbits around it
  4. 7. an object placed in space intentionally to provide communication, information and navigation
  5. 10. shining ball of gas that is held by its own gravity
  6. 11. the star at the center of our solar system
  7. 12. Planets the name used for planets located beyond the asteroid belt
  8. 14. bright explosion of a star
  9. 18. the largest planet in our solar system
  10. 19. Planets the name used for the four planets closest to the Sun
  11. 22. a planet that we inhabit