our solar system
Across
- 2. the fifth planet from the sun and the biggest
- 3. a dwarf planet farther from the sun than neptune
- 4. closest planet to the sun
- 10. a theoretical stellar remnant, specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently that it no longer emits significant heat or light.
- 11. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space
- 13. fourth planet from the sun
- 14. the sixth planet from the sun
- 15. a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet.
- 17. second planet from the sun
- 18. a ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas around an aging star.
- 19. the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star
Down
- 1. the eighth planet from the sun
- 5. a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature
- 6. the seventh planet from the sun
- 7. a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
- 8. cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.
- 9. our home and the third planet from the sun
- 10. a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out.
- 12. a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
- 16. separates the inner and outer planets