Gravity & Galaxies
Across
- 3. path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 5. huge group of stars, star systems, dust & gas held together by gravity
- 6. a ball of hot gas that undergoes nuclear fisson
- 7. object that orbits a star, is large enough to become rounded by its own gravity,& has cleared the area of its orbit
- 8. active, young galaxies with black holes at their center
- 9. the shape of planets' orbit
Down
- 1. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
- 2. an object that orbits a planet
- 4. the system consisting of the sun, planets, & other objects that revolve around it
- 7. used to measure the distance of nearby stars