Space and Satellites Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The force of gravity pulling on you
  2. 7. A satellite used to transmit TV programmes or telephone calls
  3. 12. A space probe the lands on a planet or moon
  4. 13. A large object orbiting a star
  5. 15. Millions of stars grouped together
  6. 16. A star with planets and other objects orbiting it
  7. 17. A space probe that goes into orbit around a planet or a moon
  8. 18. Anything that orbits a planet
  9. 19. An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer
Down
  1. 1. The unit of force
  2. 2. Any two objects are near each other they exert a tiny force that tries to pull them together
  3. 4. An unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth
  4. 5. 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
  5. 6. light The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our eyes
  6. 8. The Moon is this
  7. 9. A satellite made by humans
  8. 10. The shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun
  9. 11. The Sun is this
  10. 14. All the galaxies and the space between them
  11. 20. When a planet goes around the sun