Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. massive, bright, sphere of very hot gas called plasma which is held together by its own gravity
  2. 3. The star around which Earth orbits
  3. 4. Spinning motion
  4. 5. The amount of material in something
  5. 7. The only known planet in the solar system to have life
  6. 9. The galaxy in which the solar system resides
  7. 10. The straight line distance through the center of an object, from one side to the other
  8. 11. One complete trip around something in a circular path
Down
  1. 1. A space body that orbits a planet or asteroid
  2. 6. A large, round object orbiting a star
  3. 8. To move or travel around an object in a curved path
  4. 9. Earth's only natural satellite