Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. a manmade object in space that orbits the Earth
  2. 4. a person that travels into space
  3. 8. Celestial body that orbits a star
  4. 9. The sun and all of the stars and other objects that orbit the star.
  5. 13. an unmanned spacecraft that travels into deep space
Down
  1. 2. a tool used to make objects look closer and bigger
  2. 3. A natural satellite that orbits a planet
  3. 5. A ball of dust and ice that forms a tail of gases when orbiting the sun
  4. 6. Gas, dust, and stars (all all of the objects that orbit those stars
  5. 7. A very small rocky body in space that does not enter Earth's atmosphere
  6. 10. A small rocky body in space that is usually found in the asteroid belt
  7. 11. Huge ball of very hot gases
  8. 12. The path an object in space takes as it travels around another object