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4. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
7. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth or toward any other physical body having mass.
8. The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
10. Either of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.
12. A small rocky body orbiting the sun, large numbers of which are found between Mars and Jupiter.
14. An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer.
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19. All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
20. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
21. An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon in order to collect information or for communication.
22. A space entirely devoid of matter; what most of space consists of.

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2. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas.
3. Einstein's theory describing the relationship between space, time, and gravity.
5. The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet.
6. The "Red Planet" known for its iron oxide surface.
9. A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
11. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer.
12. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
13. The rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
15. The season experienced by a hemisphere when it is tilted furthest away from the sun.
17. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky as a bright patch or a dark silhouette.