Astronomy Review
Across
- 2. it helps you see really far
- 9. the sun is a ______
- 12. the sun is _______ in the solar system
- 13. a person trained to travel into outer space
- 14. the study of outer space
- 16. gases that surround a planet
- 19. a group of stars that form a pattern when viewed from earth
- 22. the hottest planet
- 23. giant spheres of superhot gas
- 24. _____ planet, Pluto is now considered one of these
Down
- 1. Neil _____ was the first man to walk on the moon
- 3. A ____ eclipse, is where the moon passes through the Earth's shadow
- 4. largest planet in our solar system
- 5. planet with rings
- 6. _____ system includes the Sun and all the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun
- 7. a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun
- 8. there are eight of these in our solar system
- 10. a large number of stars bound by gravity
- 11. Black _____,cannot escape its gravity
- 15. it is made up of ice, dust, and rock. It orbits the sun
- 17. our galaxy
- 18. it is everything
- 20. planet we live on
- 21. the path an object takes around a star or planet