Y5 4.2 vocabulary words

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Across
  1. 2. a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star
  2. 4. between the stars
  3. 5. describe things relating to the sun
  4. 6. a cloud of dust and gas in space that produces new stars
  5. 8. a building with a large telescope from which scientists study things such as the planets by watching them
  6. 10. a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name
  7. 11. a flight made by an aircraft or a spacecraft over a particular place in order to record details about it
Down
  1. 1. relating to or resulting from the force of gravity
  2. 2. an exploding star
  3. 3. scientists who study the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space
  4. 7. an imaginary line through the middle of something
  5. 9. the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis