Other Members and Beyond the Solar System
Across
- 2. groups of stars and other space objects held together by gravity
- 4. decreasing illumination
- 7. a luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium
- 8. a small space rock moving through a solar system
- 9. the moon is closest to earth
- 10. a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth
- 11. cloud of gas and dust
- 12. dirty "snowballs" in space
- 14. pictures in the sky
- 15. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
- 16. our milky way galaxy
Down
- 1. means expanding in illumination
- 3. regions of space with gravitational fields so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape
- 5. moon is less than half-illuminated
- 6. the moon is farthest from earth
- 7. a powerful and luminous explosion of a star
- 8. "shooting star"
- 9. changing shapes of the moon every night
- 13. more than half of the moon is lighted