Celestial Objects

2. a natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth's atmosphere
6. remains of a meteoroid that strike the surface of a planet or moon
7. a celestial body that revolves around a planet
8. objects that are located in space
9. a large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system
10. The planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbit lie beyond the asteroid belt
12. a natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet
14. on or of Earth
16. a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole
17. large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun

1. the region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun
3. the force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
4. a small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light
5. the rocky, terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are inside the asteroid belt
8. a celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongate and elliptical orbit
11. a star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitation attraction and revolve around it
13. a curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object
15. glowing, heated dust and vaporized gas that surrounds the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun
18. a celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior
19. the luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve