Across
- 3. a cosmic object's or spacecraft's curved path around a star, planet, or moon because of a gravitational pull
- 4. the star our Earth and the planets in our solar system orbit
- 5. a celestial body that travels around a star in an elliptical orbit
- 9. a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor
- 10. a huge, distant incandescent body like the sun that is a fixed light point in the night sky.
- 11. a system containing millions or billions of stars bound together by gravitational attraction, as well as gas and dust.
- 12. an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 13. a spot or patch that appears on the surface of the sun from time to time
- 14. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
Down
- 1. the natural satellite of any planet, visible (mainly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
- 2. a small rocky body that orbits the sun
- 6. year : a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year
- 7. a cosmic object made up of an ice nucleus and dust
- 8. : a body of planets that orbit a sun