Across
- 3. The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another.
- 4. A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extra terrestrial body (such as the moon and mars.)
- 7. The whole mass of air surrounding a planet.
- 9. to move around another object along a circular path.
- 10. The region between the inner and outer planets where most astroids orbit around the sun.
- 14. A large artificial satellite used as a long-term base for manned and operations in space.
- 16. A vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside earths atmosphere.
- 18. large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the sun; made up of materials similar to those that form for each planets.
Down
- 1. A Celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.
- 2. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- 5. The four largest and brightest moons of Jupiter which were discovered by Galileo Galilei; Ganymede, Lo, Callisto, and Europa.
- 6. any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system.
- 8. to spin on an axis; The spinning of earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.
- 11. The path of an object around a point in space.
- 12. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; The American government agency dedicated to space exploration.
- 13. A small object that enters earths atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, admitting light.
- 15. relating to the land.
- 17. composition of outer planets whose atmosphere is made of gases.