Across
- 2. a piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light
- 5. a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 7. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 9. the red planet
- 10. the farthest planet from the Sun
- 11. the planet on which we live
Down
- 1. a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.
- 3. the natural satellite of earth
- 4. around this planet revolve planar concentric rings
- 6. seventh planet in distance from the Sun and the least massive of the solar system's four giant
- 8. the largest of the planets
- 9. the smallest planet and closest to the Sun