Across
- 1. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust.
- 4. A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere and makes a streak of light.
- 5. year a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km
- 7. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
- 8. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
- 11. An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 12. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
Down
- 2. A small rocky body orbiting the sun found, between mars and Jupiter
- 3. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
- 4. A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
- 6. A spot or patch that appears from time to time on the sun's surface that appears dark
- 9. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon
- 10. system the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
- 11. the star that Earth orbits around. It also provides light.