Across
- 3. The density of energy emitted by or absorbed from a light source
- 5. A luminous object consisting mostly of hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.
- 10. The distance from one object in space to another object.
- 13. To give out
- 14. Half a sphere
- 15. Bounce back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it.
- 16. The curved path of an object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon.
- 18. The angle between the direction of the poles and the normal (at a right angle) to the plane of orbit.
- 19. The collection of eight planets, their moons, dwarf planets and other natural satellites that orbit around the Sun.
- 21. A natural object that orbits a planet or asteroid.
- 22. The distance that light travels in one year.
- 23. An orbit with an orbital period that matches the Earth's rotation. It takes 24 hours to complete one revolution.
Down
- 1. Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally.
- 2. The star at the centre of our solar system.
- 4. An object that orbits a star, has sufficient mass to be round or nearly round, and has removed the debris and small objects from the area around its orbit.
- 5. The changes in weather, and hours of daylight caused by the tilt of the Earth as it orbits the Sun.
- 6. All existing matter and space
- 7. The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.
- 8. A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes.
- 9. An object that moves around another object.
- 11. Existing in or derived from nature, not man made or caused by humankind.
- 12. The movement of one object around another object
- 13. The third planet from the Sun
- 17. A collection of stars and their solar systems, gas and dust, all held together by gravity.
- 20. Spinning about a central axis