☆ Astronomy ☆

2. A device built to observe distant objects by making them appear closer.
4. A pattern of stars in the sky.
5. An orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the Sun.
8. The study of life in the universe,including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
11. A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
12. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's
14. The fourth planet from the Sun and is the second smallest planet in the solar
15. Smallest planet, closest to the sun.

1. A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.
3. All of space and everything in it.
6. A natural object that orbits a planet; It's phases are called the lunar phases.
7. The spinning motion of a planet about its axis.
9. The study of the moon, stars and other objects in space.
10. The planet we live on; Third planet from the sun.
13. The rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean.
16. a round pit on the moon's surface.