Across
- 3. Millions of solar systems, and other things (eg dust) held together by gravitational pull
- 6. planets orbiting a sun
- 8. A circular path in which something travels around another (eg moon orbits earth, earth orbits sun)
- 10. something from outer space that enters earth's atmosphere
- 11. A large chunk of rock that orbits a planet
- 12. A large flaming body of fire in space
Down
- 1. The distance light travels in a year
- 2. a large body of rock or gas that orbits a sun
- 4. A chunk of rock orb
- 5. An object from outer space that has a tail of dust when near the sun
- 7. A man made object sent into space to collect data or for communication
- 9. A dark spot on the sun ( darker orange compare to surrounding area)
- 10. A chunk of rock or metal that fell to earth's surface from outer space
- 12. A star in the middle of a solar system