mollys crossword planets

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Across
  1. 2. what is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances
  2. 3. what is a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
  3. 4. what is a gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.
  4. 7. what is the natural satellite of the earth
  5. 8. what is an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another plane
  6. 10. what is small bodies of rock and/or metal travelling through space
  7. 12. what is a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit round a star
Down
  1. 1. what is a fallen meteoroid that has reached the Earth’s surface
  2. 3. what is a spot or patch that appears from time to time on the sun's surface
  3. 5. what is the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon
  4. 6. what is one of the millions of rocky bodies that orbit the sun
  5. 9. what is a body composed of rock, dust and ice.
  6. 11. what is a system of millions or billions of stars