Solar System and Beyond

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Across
  1. 6. a natural object that orbits a planet
  2. 7. a group of billions of stars, the objects that orbit the stars, gas, and dust
  3. 8. one of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth
  4. 10. The motion of one object around another object
  5. 12. a nearly round body, slightly smaller than a planet, whose orbit crosses the orbit of another body
  6. 13. An object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun.
  7. 14. An object that is found in the solar system, orbits the Sun, and is much smaller than a planet.
Down
  1. 1. the turning of an object on its axis
  2. 2. A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own
  3. 3. a pattern of stars that forms an imaginary picture or design in the sky
  4. 4. A system of planets and other bodies that orbits a star.
  5. 5. the study of objects in space and their properties
  6. 9. A large object in space that is made of gas and produces its own light.
  7. 11. everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them.