Space

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Across
  1. 1. large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space.
  2. 5. regions of cooler temperature on the sun
  3. 6. a steady stream of high-energy, very small units of matter from the sun into space
  4. 10. the sun, the planets and their moons and other objects that orbit the sun
  5. 12. a small rocky object orbiting the sun
  6. 13. a frozen chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun
  7. 14. the movement of one object around another object
Down
  1. 2. scientists who study space
  2. 3. a large round object that circles around a planet
  3. 4. a path of an object in space around another object
  4. 7. the air or gases surrounding a planet
  5. 8. a large, round object in space that travels around a star
  6. 9. a fragment of space rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere
  7. 11. height above ground level
  8. 12. an imaginary line extending through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole