Across
- 1. A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.
- 5. Earth's yearlong elliptical orbit around the sun
- 6. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 10. the planet with the fastest orbit
- 11. Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
- 12. the Physical universe
Down
- 2. The seventh planet from the sun
- 3. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
- 4. the weight of the sun
- 7. Third planet from the sun
- 8. smaller chunks of small matter, that burn up in our atmosphere called shooting stars
- 9. A small body of rock, ice, and cosmic dust that follows in an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
- 13. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution
