Space
Across
- 2. An optical instrument that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter using lenses or curved mirrors
- 4. torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets
- 5. you will see this at night in the sky
- 6. The branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
- 8. a TV show related to a theory
- 9. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
- 11. electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than those of visible light.
- 12. an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 14. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
- 16. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
- 17. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
- 20. The curved path of one object, such as a planet or moon
Down
- 1. a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity.
- 3. The range of frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends
- 7. it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago.
- 10. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 13. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 15. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 18. An imaginary line about which a body rotates.
- 19. Year the oppisite of a heavy year