THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Across
- 1. A huge ball of hot, glowing gas in space
- 4. A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
- 6. The Sun and all the objects that orbit around it, including planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.Sun: The star at the center of our Solar System.
- 10. A unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to the distance light travels in one year.
Down
- 2. The layer of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
- 3. All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos
- 5. A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun
- 7. The star at the center of our Solar System. It provides light and heat to Earth.
- 8. A huge collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
- 9. The curved path that an object in space follows around a star or planet