ALL ABOUT SPACE
Across
- 2. Earth's natural satellite
- 4. a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky. They are usually named after mythological characters, people, animals and objects.
- 5. a gas planet;biggest planet in the solar system
- 7. important tool in astronomy, or the study of planets, stars, and other objects in outer space.
- 8. is a vehicle used to fly through space
- 10. The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another. An example is when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth
- 12. the study of the Universe and everything in it
- 14. a person who is specially trained to travel into outer space
Down
- 1. small chunk of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun
- 3. made of the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
- 6. last name, known as the first human on the moon
- 8. the star at the center of the solar system
- 9. giant spheres of superhot gas made up mostly of hydrogen and helium
- 11. the only inhabited planet in the solar system
- 13. planet with rings