Across
- 2. The force that pulls objects towards each other.
- 3. the planet that is seventh in order of distance from the sun and has a diameter of about 32,000 miles
- 5. The distance light travels in one year (nearly 6 trillion miles)
- 7. a heavenly body with such strong gravity that light cannot escape it and that is thought to be caused by the collapse of a massive star
- 11. A scientist who studies the universe.
- 12. the planet that is second in order of distance from the sun and has a diameter of about 7,500 miles
- 16. the planet that is sixth in distance from the sun and has a diameter of about 75,000 miles
- 17. the planet that is eighth in order of distance from the sun and has a diameter of about 31,000 miles
- 18. the planet that is nearest the sun and has a diameter of about 3000 miles
- 21. any large heavenly body that orbits a star
- 22. The area of air and gas that envelopes Earth and other astronomical objects
- 24. Everything that exists in space.
- 25. any of the heavenly bodies except planets which are visible at night and look like fixed points of light
Down
- 1. the planet that is fourth in order of distance from the sun, is known for its redness, and has a diameter of about 4200 miles
- 4. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 6. Particles thought to exist in space that don’t absorb, reflect or emit light, and thus can’t be observed.
- 8. Basic units of matter that every solid, liquid, gas and plasma is composed of
- 9. A body in space that resembles a small planet but lacks criteria to class it as such.
- 10. a smaller body that revolves around a planet
- 13. the planet that is thirds in distance from the sun. The planet that we live on.
- 14. the heavenly body in our solar system whose light makes our day and around which the planets revolve
- 15. An instrument that allows us to see into space.
- 19. the sun and the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors that revolve around it
- 20. the planet that is fifth in order of distance from the sun and is the largest of the planets with a diameter of about 89,000 miles
- 23. A regular and repeating circuit that one celestial object takes around another.