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