Across
- 1. Closest star to the earth
- 2. A group or pattern of stars
- 3. The science of the sun, moon, planets, stars, and all other heavenly bodies
- 7. a mass of stone or metal that enters the earth’s atmosphere from space
- 8. the star that does not appear to move in the sky
- 10. A heavenly body made of ice that often has a tail, and orbits the sun
- 12. A small piece of rock or dust in space, that does not necessarily orbit the sun.
- 13. the largest planet, with the big red spot storm
- 14. a heavenly body that revolves around a planet
- 15. time it takes for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun
- 16. the amount of time it takes the earth to rotate once on its axis
Down
- 1. a sun with a group of heavenly bodies held by its attraction and revolve around it
- 4. a heavenly body producing its own light
- 5. "in your sight"
- 6. amount of time it takes the moon to revolve once around the earth
- 9. A large mass of rock or stone that orbits the sun, found mainly in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- 11. the closest planet to the sun
