Across
- 2. - a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere
- 4. - a pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or object
- 7. - term describing a model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
- 8. - an oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular; the shape of the planets' orbits
- 9. - a ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion
Down
- 1. - term describing a model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
- 3. - an object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit
- 5. - an object that orbits a planet
- 6. - a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit
