Ainslees Crossword puzzle
Across
- 1. quantitative measure of inertia
- 8. a path that one object in space takes around another one
- 9. the fifth zodiac sign
- 10. the chemical element of atomic number 1
- 13. brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch
- 16. A system of billions of stars
- 17. a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending far beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 18. the zodiac sign for birthdays between June 21 - July 22
- 19. an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object
- 20. The little dots you can see in the sky at night
- 23. a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus
- 24. the zodiac sign for birthdays between 23rd October and 1st November
- 25. A giant cloud of gas and dust in space
Down
- 2. a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way
- 3. it explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- 4. A galaxy that includes the solar system
- 5. a property of matter by which it remains at the state of rest or in uniform motion
- 6. The force by which a planet draws objects to the center
- 7. the zodiac sign for birthdays between November 22 - December 21
- 9. The distance light travels in 1 earths year
- 11. a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor
- 12. The first spacecraft to cross the heliosphere
- 14. one and a half hours in minutes
- 15. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
- 21. There are 8 of these in our solar system
- 22. an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape it
- 26. the planet that humans live on
- 27. the zodiac sign for birthdays between March 21 - April 19