Across
- 3. a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the Earth's atmosphere from space.
- 6. A satellite i around a larger object.
- 8. of or from the sun, or using the energy from the sun to produce electric
- 11. - The atmosphere is a layer of gas and suspended solids extending from the Earth's surface up many thousands of miles, becoming increasingly thinner with distance but always held by the Earth's gravitational pull.
- 14. Any of the large bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system.
- 17. - An eclipse is an astronomical event where the view of an object is temporarily obscured, completely concealed, or cast into a shadow.
- 18. - rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as an axis of rotation.
- 19. An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one
- 20. the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by
- 21. A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size
- 23. hole - A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.
Down
- 1. an enormous cloud of dust and gas occupying the space between stars and acting as a nurss an object that movesery for new stars.
- 2. light from the sun
- 4. giant - A red giant is a star that is past its peak and has consumed its core's supply of hydrogen fuel.
- 5. planet - A dwarf planet is a celestial body that -orbits the sun, has enough mass to assume a nearly round shape, has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit and is not a moon.
- 7. - An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system.
- 9. - An imaginary line around an object showing the way that it is spinning
- 10. - The motion of an object around a point, especially around another object or a center of mass
- 12. a small space rock moving through a solar system.
- 13. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems
- 15. An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other
- 16. a large piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth
- 22. : A natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night.
