Universe
Across
- 1. All existing matter and space.
- 5. A group of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
- 8. a non spherical body in space made most of chondrites and metal
- 10. The process by which the sun and other stars generate light and heat
- 11. the curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet
- 13. The belief that the sun is the center of the solar system.
- 14. The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe with the moon, sun, and planets revolving around it.
- 15. the study of the universe
- 17. our location within the Milky Way
Down
- 2. The Earth spins on its axis to the east causing night and day. One of these takes 24 hours.
- 3. the planet we live on
- 4. a collection of planets that orbit a star
- 6. Time it takes the Earth to travel around the Sun
- 7. a natural satelitte that orbits the sun
- 9. a body made of rock, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
- 12. the name of the supercluster that out local galactic group is in
- 16. a luminous ball of gas held together by it's own gravity