Across
- 2. Empty regions between bodies in the universe.
- 3. round space object that travels around a star but has not cleared its own orbit.
- 5. The force of attraction between two objects. Keeps all planets in orbit around the sun.
- 6. Giant balls of hot gas, giving out huge amounts of heat and light.
- 8. A rocky object that orbits a star. Found in the asteroid belt.
- 13. skipping a state of matter. E.g. ice changing to a gas.
- 15. Name of our galaxy
- 17. A meteor that passes through the Earth's atmosphere and hits the Earth.
- 18. The amount of matter in an object.
- 22. Unit used to measure weight
- 23. A planet with large rings.
- 24. A device used to observe the universe.
- 26. Object composed of dust, rock and metal. Also orginate in the asteroid belt. Some come from mercury or mars.
- 27. A body in orbit around a planet.
- 28. The nearest planet to the sun.
Down
- 1. A natural body outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- 4. Everything that exists, including stars, planets, galaxies and empty space.
- 7. A group of stars forming a recogisable pattern.
- 9. Object composed of frozen gases, rock, dust and has an icy sheel which orbits the sun.
- 10. The name of our star.
- 11. A person who studies space.
- 12. Unit of distance in space.
- 14. Collection of many millions of stars, dust, gas and dark matter held together by gravity.
- 15. Meteoroid that hits the Earth's atmossphere. Also known as shooting star.
- 16. model Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth in the centre.
- 19. Composed of a star and all the objects orbiting around it.
- 20. The largest planet in our solar system.
- 21. A large round object that has enough gravity to clear its orbit around the sun.
- 25. Mass which takes into account of the force of gravity.