Space Crossword

a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.
the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
an imaginary line about which a body rotates.
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 from the sun.
a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
the planet on which we live; the world.
an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
a curve in a plane surrounding two focal points such that the sum of the distances to the two focal points is constant for every point on the curve. ...
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
able to sustain life
the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
the regularly repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft about a star or planet.
any thing which manifests itself.
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit round a star.
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
the action of _______ about an axis or centre.
a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.