Across
- 3. any human made object placed in orbit around a body in space
- 8. a meteoroid that reaches Earth’s surface without burning up completely
- 12. the spin of an object in space
- 14. smaller body that orbits around a larger body
- 15. a small, rocky body that revolves around the sun
- 17. the elliptical PATH an object takes in space while revolving around another object
- 18. the elliptical motion of a body as it travels around another more massive body in space
- 19. a very small, rocky body found in space
- 20. the force that accelerates a rocket
Down
- 1. a large, gaseous planet of the outer solar system with no known solid
- 2. a bright streak of light caused when a meteoroid or comet dust burns up in the atmosphere
- 3. mixture of gases that surrounds a planet
- 4. a small, dense, rocky planet similar to Earth
- 5. a medium sized star; the center of our solar system
- 6. the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to completely break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
- 7. body that orbit around the sun or a star and does not produce its own light
- 9. the force that causes an object to follow a curved path
- 10. a natural satellite of a planet
- 11. the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit Earth
- 13. attracting force due to mass or rotation
- 16. a small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together