Astronomy Crossword puzzle
Across
- 3. The spinning of the Earth on its axis
- 6. A star's brightness is called its ______.
- 7. A mass of material with a long tail that travels around the Sun
- 12. Another name for the North Star
- 15. A scientist who studies stars and planets
- 16. A star much larger than our sun
- 19. An instrument that makes distant objects look larger and closer
- 20. A very small star
Down
- 1. The planet with rings
- 2. The name of our galaxy
- 4. A group of stars with a definite pattern or arrangement
- 5. Number of stars in the Big Dipper
- 8. The largest planet in our solar system
- 9. The "Red Planet"
- 10. The distance light travels in one year
- 11. The movement of the Earth around the Sun
- 13. The planet closest to Earth
- 14. Small rocky objects that revolve around the sun, mostly in the area between Mars and Jupiter
- 17. A large group of stars, gas and dust
- 18. The planet closest to the Sun