Space Science Crossword

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 2. a cloud of dust and gas that was discovered by Immanuel Kant
  2. 5. average distance from the sun to earth, about 150 km
  3. 8. small, rocky or metallic bodies
  4. 9. the path that a body follows as it travels around another body
  5. 10. happens when the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
  6. 11. bodies that orbit larger bodies such as planets, dwarf planets, or asteroids, not the sun
  7. 12. small bodies of ice, rock, and dust
  8. 14. the apparent shift in position of an object when it is viewed from different points
  9. 15. force of attraction between objects due to their masses
Down
  1. 1. includes space and all of the energy and matter with it
  2. 3. distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year
  3. 4. small, irregularly shaped rocky and metallic bodies
  4. 6. instrument that collects and concentrates light from distant objects to make the objects appear large or brighter
  5. 7. Sun's gravity pulled matter inward toward the sun which ended up flattening the cloud into a large disk. What is this called?
  6. 13. large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity