Astronomy Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. the universe
  2. 5. a large, hot ball of gas
  3. 7. a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun
  4. 8. Moon the phase of the Moon that occurs when the Moon is opposite the Sun as seen from Earth
  5. 11. a Moon shape that is larger than a first or third quarter Moon, but smaller than a full Moon
  6. 12. Clouds the galaxies closest to the Milky Way
Down
  1. 1. a chunk of ice, dust, and rock material a few kilometers in size
  2. 2. pertaining to the Sun
  3. 3. the path one object takes to travel around another object
  4. 4. planet an object that orbits the Sun and is big enough to be round but doesn’t clear away all objects near its orbit
  5. 5. an object orbiting a larger object
  6. 6. a type of dwarf planet that has an orbit beyond Neptune
  7. 9. getting smaller
  8. 10. pertaining to the Moon
  9. 13. a day of the year when the Sun’s rays shine straight down on the equator