Space

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Across
  1. 4. one of the two days in the year when day and night are of equal length
  2. 7. a single journey along an orbital path
  3. 8. a collection of stars and planets and everything in it
  4. 9. a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky at night
  5. 10. rocky remnants orbiting the sun made of rock and/or metal
  6. 12. summer solstice is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight, and the winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight
  7. 13. a large piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth
  8. 14. a group of stars in the sky that create a picture in the night sky
  9. 16. are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust, with a long tail that travel the Sun
Down
  1. 1. curved path in space that is followed by an object going around and around a planet, moon, or star
  2. 2. all of space and everything in it
  3. 3. a large hole in the ground of a planet or the moon, caused by something hitting it (a meteorite)
  4. 5. a piece of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, often as a streak of light
  5. 6. a star (sun) and the objects that orbit around it
  6. 7. a single turn around an axis
  7. 10. the study of stars, planets, and space
  8. 11. on Earth, seasons result from Earth's tilt and orbit around the Sun resulting in the change of the weather and amount of daylight
  9. 15. an imaginary line about which a body (Earth) rotates