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- 2. way, the galaxy containing the solar system consists of millions of stars that can be seen across the night sky.
- 4. The study of the whole universe.
- 8. Everything that exists anywhere.
- 9. smallest planet in the Solar System.
- 10. An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 12. The largest planet in the solar system, a gas giant that is the fifth in order from the sun.
- 13. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away...
- 15. A dwarf planet, formerly considered the ninth planet in order from the sun.
- 16. The satellite of the earth.
- 17. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun.
- 19. The second planet of the sun.
- 20. A path that the planets move around the sun.
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- 1. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 3. A group of stars forming a pattern.
- 5. The star around which the earth orbits
- 6. relating to the sky or the heavens.
- 7. The seventh planet from the Sun, and the third-largest
- 11. A distant planet of the solar system, eighth in order from the sun.
- 14. a planet circled with flat rings.
- 16. Known as the red planet.
- 18. The planet on which we live, the third planet from the sun in the solar system.