Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. spiral galaxy where we live
  2. 5. an object that revolves around another object in space
  3. 9. celestial body made up of gas that produce their own light
  4. 10. any object in space
  5. 11. a measure of the amount of space between two objects
  6. 14. space rocks that orbit the sun
  7. 15. everything is inside of this
  8. 16. an instrument that magnifies or makes distance objects appear larger
  9. 19. the average distance from Earth to the sun
Down
  1. 1. the measurement of the pull of gravity
  2. 2. huge collection of stars
  3. 4. space rock that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  4. 6. a space rock that hits Earth's Surface
  5. 7. the amount of matter in something
  6. 8. a celestial body that orbits the sun and doesn't make its own light
  7. 12. irregular pieces of rock that move through space
  8. 13. a group of stars that have been identified and named.
  9. 17. made up o dirt, ice and gas nicknamed dirty snowball
  10. 18. the basis for our solar system and sustains life on Earth