Daiji's Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust to form a solar system.
- 4. occurs when a rocky body that had been orbiting the Sun passes through the atmosphere to hit the Earth's surface.
- 5. a swarm of trillions of icy bodies that lie far beyond the orbit of Neptune.
- 12. the biggest planet in the solar system.
- 13. a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid crashing through Earth's atmosphere.
- 14. a huge spot on jupiter's surface.
- 15. planet that is made up of water, ammonia, and hydrogen.
- 17. numerous small bodies that when accreted together form planets.
- 19. a habitable planet
- 21. planet that is named after a roman god of the sea.
- 23. created by the outward expansion of plasma (a collection of charged particles) from the Sun's corona (outermost atmosphere).
- 24. a massive amount of asteroids/meteors orbiting around a planet.
- 25. an exo planet that was once a planet in our solar system.
Down
- 2. when tiny particles are condensed from the nebula and stick together.
- 3. the component of its motion in the direction toward or away from us which is detected as a Doppler shift in the star's spectrum.
- 6. planet that is named after a roman goddess of beauty and love.
- 7. clouds of gas between stars
- 8. frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices.
- 9. planets that supports life.
- 10. gas planets.
- 11. planets that have a similar structure to earth.
- 16. smallest planet in the solar system.
- 18. a small body that orbits around planets.
- 20. planet that is named after a roman god of war.
- 22. a planet that is mainly known for its rings.