The Solar System
Across
- 4. To move in a circle around an axis.
- 6. A chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice and dust orbiting the Sun.
- 8. A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it. (hyphenated)
- 10. A large, round body that revolves around a star.
- 13. A single journey along an orbital path.
- 14. Everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them.
- 15. A chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000 km in diameter that orbits the sun.
- 16. The force that pulls all objects towards each other.
- 17. An imaginary line around which a body rotates.
Down
- 1. The study of objects in space and their properties.
- 2. A chunk of rock from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere.
- 3. A huge ball of very hot, glowing gases in space that produces its own light and heat.
- 5. A layer of gases surrounding a planet, star, or moon.
- 6. A hole in the ground caused by the impact of an object from space.
- 7. Patterns of stars in the night sky.
- 9. A large body that orbits a planet.
- 11. The path of an object around another object, for example the path of the Earth around the Sun.
- 12. A meteoroid that does not burn up in the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground.
- 16. A group of billions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, gas and dust.