Across
- 1. a flaming star at the centre of the solar system providing light and warmth
- 2. a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star
- 3. a sphere of gas held together by its own gravity
- 7. areas that appear darker because they are cooler than other parts of the suns surface
- 8. any object that orbits around the Sun
- 10. a meteoroid that survives a trip through the atmosphere then hits the ground
- 12. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another
- 13. the distance light travels in one earth year
Down
- 1. a gravitationally bound planetary system of the Sun
- 4. Earth's only natural satellite
- 5. fragments left over from the solar system formation
- 6. a cosmic ball of frozen gas, rock and dust that orbits the Sun
- 9. a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere then vaporises
- 11. a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust and dark matter