Will's Astronomy Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere
  2. 7. a small rocky body that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely
  3. 10. one of the highly dense planets nearest to the Sun; Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth
  4. 11. a small rocky object that orbits the Sun, usually in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
  5. 14. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
  6. 15. happens when Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon and the shadow of Earth falls on the Moon.
Down
  1. 1. a bright streak of light that results when a small rocky body burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
  2. 2. a small body of ice, rock and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun and gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the Sun.
  3. 3. the average distance between the Earth and the Sun
  4. 5. the region of the solar system that is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in which most asteroids orbit.
  5. 6. happens when the Moon comes between the Earth and Sun and the shadow of the Moon falls on part of Earth.
  6. 8. a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space
  7. 9. a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet
  8. 12. the sunlit portion of the Moon that we can see is getting larger or increasing.
  9. 13. a change in the sunlit area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body