Space Race

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Across
  1. 1. A space object that travels around a planet instead of the Sun.
  2. 2. A tool that helps us see faraway space objects more clearly.
  3. 4. Anything that moves around a larger object in space.
  4. 5. A huge glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light.
  5. 8. An icy traveler in space that grows a bright tail when it gets close to the Sun.
  6. 10. A space vehicle designed to drive on the surface of another planet or moon.
  7. 11. A rocky chunk in space that is smaller than a planet and orbits the Sun.
  8. 12. The area between Mars and Jupiter where many space rocks are grouped together.
Down
  1. 1. A small piece of rock or metal moving through outer space.
  2. 3. A large round world that circles a star and shines by reflected light.
  3. 5. All the objects that travel around our Sun together as one big space family.
  4. 6. The curved path one object follows as it circles another object in space.
  5. 7. A round object that goes around the Sun but shares its space path with other objects, like Pluto.
  6. 9. A robotic spacecraft sent to gather information from space.