Space Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Unmanned spacecraft collecting space data
- 5. Small matter from space entering Earth's atmosphere
- 8. a large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit meaning it does not have enough mass or has a round enough shape for its own gravity
- 9. Group of stars forming a pattern
- 10. One full orbit around another object
- 11. Explosive eruption of waves and particles into space
- 12. Rocky mass revolving around the sun
- 14. Large, round object orbiting a star
- 15. Imaginary line Earth rotates around the sun
Down
- 1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars; rocky surfaces
- 2. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; larger with no clear surfaces
- 4. Frozen mass of ice, dust, and rocks orbiting the sun
- 6. Path an object takes around a star
- 7. a natural object that orbits a larger object (planets)
- 10. One complete spin on an object's axis
- 13. Gigantic ball of hot gases emitting radiation