Astronomy By Birdie Engelkemier

3. planet closest to the Sun in our Solar System
5. A measure of the total amount of material in a body
7. body by another
9. A word used to describe anything that contains mass
12. phenomenon in which many meteors fall through the atmosphere in a relatively short time
13. small, icy celestial body that orbits around the sun
16. fifth and largest planet in our solar system
17. someone who studies astronomy
18. sixth planet from the sun in our solar system
20. star located at the center of our Solar System
21. The collapsed core of a massive star
23. huge group of stars, dust, gas, and other celestial bodies bound together by gravitational forces
24. force that pulls thing down
25. eighth planet from the sun in our solar system

1. enormous glowing ball of gas
2. the second planet from the sun in our solar system
3. the red planet, is the fourth planet from the sun and the most Earth-like planet in our solar system
4. The angular distance of an object above the horizon.
6. rocky or metallic objects, most of which orbit the Sun
8. meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere, usually making a fiery trail as it falls
10. the seventh planet from the sun in our solar system
11. group of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern
14. The path of a celestial body as it moves through space.
15. cold, dry orb whose surface is studded with craters and strewn with rocks and dust orbiting Earth
19. A term used to describe water in solid form
22. third planet from the Sun in our Solar System