Astronomy
Across
- 4. points in same direction as gas tail
- 7. contains remnants of the formation of the solar system
- 10. originate from kuiper belt
- 14. does not contain a pole star, only shows up in the southern hemisphere
- 16. appears every 76 years
- 19. only planet to have plate tectonics
- 20. points away from sun no matter what direction comet is moving
- 21. cotains the little dipper
- 23. long period comets originate here
- 24. has liquid underneath its icy surface
- 26. a failed star, has a huge red spot
- 29. rising heat shows yellow rings
- 30. shows location of planets, sun, and stars at a date & time of someone's birth
- 31. most visible part of comet and contains gas and dust
- 32. has giant storms due to a turbulent atmosphere
Down
- 1. is blue, has 11 rings, and has highly reflective clouds
- 2. has 2 moons named hi'laka and namaka
- 3. used to be a planet, atmosphere changes state throughout its orbit
- 5. center of a comet
- 6. has a greenhouse effect, atmosphere does not allow heat to escape
- 8. Thousands of these small objects orbit the sun and are too small to be considered planets
- 9. closest planet to the sun
- 11. contains betelgeuse, and is located on the celestial equator
- 12. 'w' shaped
- 13. small object that heats up as it enters earth's atmosphere
- 14. called dirty snowballs
- 15. contains huge volcanoes and deep canyons
- 17. located in scattered disk, orbits the sun farther than neptune
- 18. a meteor before it enters earth's atmosphere
- 22. a meteor after it collides into earth
- 25. tail portion of ursa major
- 27. one revolution around the sun takes about 600 years
- 28. has no moons