Solar System
Across
- 3. A streak of light caused by a meteoroid burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
- 6. A massive system of stars, stellar remnants, and dark matter, like the Milky Way.
- 8. An object that orbits around a planet, natural or man-made.
- 9. The curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon.
- 10. A cloud of gas and dust in space, often the birthplace of stars.
Down
- 1. An icy body that releases gas and dust, forming a tail as it orbits the Sun.
- 2. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth or any other physical body.
- 4. An event where one celestial body moves into the shadow of another.
- 5. A large celestial body that orbits a star, like Earth or Mars.
- 7. A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter.