Astromag #4

1. a belt around the sky about 18° wide centered on the ecliptic
3. most volcanically active body in the solar system
7. china's space station
9. star which derives it name from an arabic term which is also the name of an iconic Batman villian
10. _________ solar probe is the first spacecraft to touch the sun
11. the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Riccardo _____________, a pioneer in the field of building and launching sophisticated X-ray instruments
12. the constellation which named after the greek hero who slayed medusa
14. planet which has the most powerful auroras

2. discs are discs of dust, gas, asteroids and other objects that rotate around a star
4. (R-OOOH) an atmospheric chemical which is extremely reactive
5. first person to calculate the circumference of the earth and its axial tilt
6. the dynastic Chinese regarded the Milky Way as a “silver river” that was made to separate two starcrossed lovers- to the east of the Milky Way, Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden, was identified with the bright star ____________
8. the dynastic Chinese regarded the Milky Way as a “silver river” that was made to separate two starcrossed lovers- to the west of the Milky Way, her lover Niu Lang, the cowherd, was associated with the star _____________
13. june's full moon is named after which fruit