Across
- 2. an object that moves around a star
- 3. collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies like asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
- 7. a system of many, many stars and planets, gas, and dust, held together by gravity
- 8. a natural body orbiting the earth or another planet
- 10. when one object, or body, comes between two other bodies, blocking out the light between them
Down
- 1. the force that attracts objects toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body
- 4. the distance light travels in one year
- 5. a fixed, bright object in the sky that is a large, remote body
- 6. the name of our galaxy, where our solar system is located
- 9. the circular path of an object around a start, planet, or moon