Across
- 2. a collection of billions of stars
- 3. the force that pulls all objects toward each other
- 7. the path around a body with gravity
- 8. all of space and everything in it including the planets, stars, and galaxies
- 10. a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need
- 13. small rocks that orbit the sun and occasionally enter Earth’s atmosphere
- 14. large pieces of rock that orbit the sun
- 15. a type of planet with a center core of hot and melted metal
Down
- 1. planets that are large and made mostly of ice
- 4. a tool that helps us see distant objects more clearly
- 5. invisible heat or light energy
- 6. the collection of planets and other objects that move in a path around a star
- 9. a collection of gases, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
- 11. planets that are large and made mostly of gas
- 12. spin
