Gravity and Space
Across
- 3. The path of an object that revolves around another object in space.
- 4. a celestial body orbiting the sun in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 7. large body of ice and rock that travels around the Sun in an elliptical orbit.
- 10. The measurement used for distances inside the solar system.
- 12. a ball shaped gas celestial body of great mass that shines by its own light.
- 13. a piece of stone or metal that travels in space
- 15. fragments from space that survive their trip through the atmosphere and land on Earth.
- 16. A system containing billions of stars.
- 17. One object going around another
Down
- 1. The gravitational pull on an object.
- 2. A force that pulls objects together
- 5. a small, rocky object that orbits the Sun
- 6. A small, rocky object that heats up when entering Earth's atmosphere.
- 8. The amount of matter in an object.
- 9. all of space and time and their contents including galaxies, stars, planets, and other forms of matter or energy.
- 11. The measurement used for distances outside our solar system
- 12. a star with a group of bodies that revolve around it.
- 14. Turning on an axis