Astronomy Choice Board Project
Across
- 4. large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun
- 5. An extremely bright and distant object powered by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy.
- 7. model depicting the sun is at the center
- 10. model depicting earth is at the center
- 11. made geocentric model
- 12. Center of the Solar System
- 14. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun and sometimes collide with planets
Down
- 1. A planet located outside our solar system that orbits a star.
- 2. Closest planet to the sun
- 3. italian philosopher and discovered 4 moons revolving Jupiter
- 6. made heliocentric model
- 8. Created the 3 laws of motion
- 9. A cloud of gas and dust in space, often the birthplace of stars.
- 12. A powerful explosion of a star, marking the end of its life cycle.
- 13. A massive system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, and dark matter, bound together by gravity.