Solar System Objects

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Across
  1. 3. An astronomical unit of distance equal to the distance light travels in a year
  2. 6. Eight planets that orbit the sun with their moons with other bodies like meteoroids, comets, and asteroids
  3. 9. An astronomical body that moves in an elliptical orbit around a star
  4. 10. The Earth’s natural satellite that reflects the sun
  5. 11. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft that surrounds a moon, planet, or star
  6. 12. Small, rocky, objects that orbits the sun
  7. 14. A patch that occasionally appears on the sun
Down
  1. 1. A man-made object that surrounds a moon or planet to collect data or to communicate
  2. 2. A collection of stars that are held together with gravity
  3. 4. An object from space that enters the Earth’s atmosphere
  4. 5. A piece of rock or metal that has come from outer space and fallen to Earth
  5. 7. A large, bright, bundle of plasma in space
  6. 8. An object made of ice and/or dust that forms a ‘tail’ when it comes near the sun
  7. 13. The star our solar system surrounds