Across
- 3. when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and blocks our view of the sun
- 4. when the earth spins on its axis
- 5. the imaginary line that passes through the north and south pole
- 8. the streak of light caused by a meteoroid
- 12. giant gaseous body with rings and moons
- 13. when a meteor reaches earths surface
- 16. small, rocky, solid, body with few or no moons
- 17. gives off no light of its own, reflects the suns rays
- 18. large round body that revolves around a star
Down
- 1. huge ball of hot glowing gases that produce their own heat
- 2. rock and iron objects that orbit the sun
- 3. a star and the planets and other space objects that revolve around it
- 6. medium sized star the center of our solar system
- 7. a group of stars that ancient people thought formed a picture in the sky
- 9. when one body in space covers the view of another
- 10. one orbit around the sun
- 11. pieces of rock that travel through space
- 14. chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice and dust, has a gas tail
- 15. a giant group of billions of stars, gas, dust and objects
- 19. when the earth blocks the sun from the moon