Around the Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a tool that makes faraway objects look bigger and closer
  2. 8. a star in the center of the solar system that burns gas and gives off heat and light
  3. 10. system a group of objects in space, including the Sun and everything that moves around it
  4. 11. a group of stars, planets, dust and gas
  5. 13. shuttle a craft that is reused to carry people into space and back to Earth
  6. 14. to spin on a center point
  7. 15. a force that weighs down objects
  8. 16. an object that moves around Earth and sends messages and pictures to
Down
  1. 1. an imaginary line objects in space follow as they move around a larger object
  2. 2. us learn about space
  3. 3. an object that moves around Earth that we see mostly at nighttime in phases
  4. 4. to move around something in a circular path
  5. 6. a giant ball of extremely hot gas that burns and gives off heat and light
  6. 7. a large piece of rock or metal flying in space that is left over from the planets
  7. 9. a large round object in space that follows a path and moves around a star like the Sun
  8. 10. everything that can be seen, touched and sensed above Earth’s atmosphere
  9. 12. a person who travels into space