When 'ing' comes to stay, little 'e' goes away

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Across
  1. 3. looks like a circle stretched in one direction
  2. 5. longest and shortest days of the year
  3. 6. the science of space
  4. 8. 'minor planets' that orbit the sun and occassionaly visit earth
  5. 9. a large system of stars
  6. 10. fuzzy cloud of dust in space
Down
  1. 1. when light is obscured
  2. 2. group of stars
  3. 4. rotate around a central object
  4. 7. size or extent of something