Solar System Vocabulary

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