Space Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. an astronomical body orbiting Earth as its only natural satellite.
  2. 6. occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight.
  3. 8. is the seventh planet from the Sun.
  4. 9. is the sixth planet from the Sun
  5. 12. is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
  6. 13. is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
  7. 15. is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Down
  1. 1. is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object.
  2. 2. is the second planet from the Sun
  3. 3. is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.
  4. 4. is the fourth planet from the Sun.
  5. 5. are minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System.
  6. 7. the planet on which we live.
  7. 10. is the star at the center of the Solar System.
  8. 11. depends on both the mass of the objects and the distance between them.
  9. 14. is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.