Across
- 3. an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object
- 4. a yellow dwarf star, a hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system
- 7. a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor a comet—that orbits within the inner Solar System.
- 8. an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.
- 9. an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity
Down
- 1. a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity
- 2. a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant.
- 4. the expanse that exists beyond Earth and its atmosphere and between celestial bodies.
- 5. all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
- 6. the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star