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What is a piece of rock or metal from space that strikes the Earth's surface?
Meteorite
What is a massive collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity?
Galaxy
A celestial object made of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the sun and develops a tail as it approaches the sun.
Comet
A person who travels in space.
Astronaut
What is this word relating to the moon? Clue: "The _____ eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon."
What are small, rocky body that orbits the sun, often found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroid
The universe seen as a well-ordered whole.
Cosmos
What is the path an object takes as it moves around another object in space?
Orbit
What is the force that attracts objects toward the center of the Earth or other celestial bodies?
Gravity
What is a cloud of gas and dust in space, where new stars are formed?
Nebula
