Space
Across
- 4. The amount of light emitted by a star
- 5. An object orbiting in the Lagrange points of another (larger) object.
- 6. A cloud of dust and gas in space illuminated by one or more stars.
- 8. A stone meteorite that contains no chondrules.
- 9. A system of two stars that revolve around a common centre of gravity.
- 10. The surface of the sun or other celestial body projected against the sky.
- 12. A tiny particle of rock or dust that burns away in the earth's atmosphere.
- 15. The two points at which the sun crosses the celestial equator in its yearly path in the sky.
- 16. A term used to describe an exceptionally bright meteor.
- 17. The bright visible surface of the sun.
Down
- 1. The angle between a body's equatorial plane and orbital plane.
- 2. A process by which dust and gas accumulate into larger bodies such as stars and planets.
- 3. An extremely bright meteor.
- 7. When an object moves in the reverse sense of normal motion.
- 11. A natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet.
- 13. Cooler areas of the sun's surface than surrounding areas.
- 14. A comet outside the solar system