Astronomy

4. The ____ is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
6. A configuration of stars as seen from Earth imagined to form a picture
7. The ____ Belt is a large disc of objects beyond Neptune full of mostly icy objects like Pluto and future comets!
10. The largest planet in our solar system, yet it also has the shortest day (Less than 10 hours!)
11. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity.
13. Attractive force between any two objects with mass.
15. The ___ Cloud is a spherical shaped collections of trillions of comets and dust surrounding the sun 1-3 lightyears away. Often considered the end of our solar system.
16. 5th Largest planet in our solar system
18. the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe
19. The hottest planet in our solar system! Also the only planet that spins clockwise and has days that last longer than years!
20. The closest object in space to Earth
21. Small body orbiting the Sun that has lots of ice the melts when closer to the sun (this leaves a gas trail)
25. The _____ planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
27. The only planet in our solar system that spins on its side! It is the coldest, but not the furthest from the sun!

1. Once a planet but is now considered a "Dwarf Planet"
2. Rocky objects that orbit the Sun like a planet, but are much smaller than planets
3. The ____ Giants group of planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
5. Any object that orbits a planet (such as a moon).
8. The time it takes for a planet to complete 1 rotation around its axis. 24 hours on Earth , but different on each planet
9. The amount of time it takes a planet to completely orbit the sun once.
11. The Philosophy that the Earth is the center of the universe and everything else (sun, moon, stars, etc.) revolve around it.
12. Earth is located in this Galaxy.
14. Furthest from the sun of the 8 planets in our solar system.
17. massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. At least 1 is found at the center of almost every solar system.
20. Stone or rocky object that enters Earths atmosphere
22. 2nd Smallest planet in our solar system. Most of it's surface is a cold reddish dessert!
23. The Asteroid ____ is located between Mars and Jupiter.
24. "The fastest planet" in our solar system
26. Heliocentrism is the philosophy that this object is at the center of our solar system.