Satellites and space
Across
- 3. A satellite that has not been made by humans
- 5. Millions of stars grouped together
- 6. A large object orbiting a star, like the Earth.
- 9. A satellite used to take pictures of the Earth - for instance to help forecast the weather.
- 13. All the galaxies and the space between them
- 14. The family of waves that includes light, infrared, microwaves and radio waves
- 15. An orbit where a satellite is over the equator and takes exactly 24 hours to circle the Earth, so it always stays over the same part of the Earth.
- 16. A star with planets and other objects orbiting it
- 17. A space probe that goes into orbit around a planet or moon.
- 18. The unit of force
- 19. A space probe that lands on a planet or moon.
Down
- 1. A huge ball of gas that gives out heat and light energy
- 2. A satellite made by humans
- 4. An unmanned spacecraft that has cameras and other equipment to find out about other planets.
- 7. The path that a planet takes around a star, or the path that a moon or satellite takes around a planet.
- 8. A satellite used to transmit TV programmes or telephone calls
- 10. Anything that orbits a planet or a moon
- 11. Oval shaped. The shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun.
- 12. Another name for heat energy that travels by radiation. It can travel through transparent things and a vacuum (empty space)
- 15. The force of attraction between any two objects