Planets and Orbit
Across
- 2. All matter, energy, and space, including all galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space.
- 3. The path that an object in space takes as it revolves around another object, such as a planet orbiting a star.
- 5. The force that attracts objects with mass toward one another.
- 8. system: The collection of planets and other objects that orbit the sun.
- 9. An object that orbits a planet or other celestial body.
Down
- 1. A celestial body that orbits a star, is spherical in shape, and has cleared its orbit of other debris.
- 4. hole: A region of space with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
- 5. A vast collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.
- 6. A celestial object composed of ice, dust, and gas that forms a tail as it approaches the sun.
- 7. A small, rocky object that orbits the sun.