Astronomy
Across
- 3. An object's spinning motion about its own axis
- 4. A system of billions of stars, together with gas and dust
- 6. Frozen leftovers from the formation of the Solar System
- 8. All existing matter and space as a whole
- 10. Complete or partial obscuring of a celestial body by another
- 13. The Earth is at the center of the universe and other planets go around it
- 15. Collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the Sun
- 16. Device to demonstrate the Earth's rotation
- 17. Brightness of a celestial object
- 18. Meteoroid that burns up in the atmosphere (shooting star)
- 19. The center of interest or activity
- 20. The revolving of one object around another in an oval-shaped path
Down
- 1. Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun
- 2. A group of stars that looks like a particular shape
- 5. The region in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, containing the greatest population of asteroids in our solar system
- 7. The idea that the universe began as just a single point, then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now
- 9. Distance above the sea level
- 11. The Sun is at the center and other planets go around it
- 12. Movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center
- 14. Physical entity that exists in the observable universe