Space Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Going around an object. Ex: Earth does this around the Sun
  2. 5. When we get the most, or least amount of sunlight. One in summer, and one in winter.
  3. 7. Spinning around an axis/pole. Causes day and night
  4. 12. A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
  5. 13. Has a solstice, coldest season, after fall
  6. 14. The hottest of our 8 planets
  7. 16. When a "shooting star" reaches Earth's surface we call it this...
  8. 18. The point in which planets spin/rotate
  9. 20. The smallest dwarf planet that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt
  10. 22. The 7th planet from the sun
  11. 23. Object with gravity so strong nothing can escape it
  12. 24. When both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight. One in spring, one in fall.
  13. 27. The study of space and anything outside Earth's atmosphere
  14. 28. Blocking sunlight from another object
  15. 29. The smallest of our 8 planets
  16. 30. A dwarf planet that used to be the 9th planet
  17. 33. Rocky object that orbits a star. There is a belt of them.
  18. 35. "Shooting Star" as objects enter Earth's atmosphere and begin to burn up
  19. 36. The 3rd planet from the sun
  20. 37. Ball of burning gas that release heat and energy
  21. 39. The change in weather due to Earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees
Down
  1. 1. Small rocky object that hasn't cleared its orbital path, orbits at an angle, and very small
  2. 2. Equal to 6 Trillion Miles
  3. 4. Ball of ice and dust that orbits a star
  4. 5. During the equinox, the season that comes after winter
  5. 6. Pattern of stars that were used to tell us direction and time of year
  6. 8. Where everything is. Its huge!
  7. 9. Device used to observe distant objects in space
  8. 10. The largest of our 8 planets
  9. 11. A gas giant with significant rings
  10. 15. The 8th planet from the sun
  11. 17. System of millions or billions of stars, along with gas and dust around a blackhole
  12. 19. Has a solstice, Warmest season, comes after spring
  13. 21. System of planets, and their moons around a star
  14. 25. During an equinox, and comes after summer
  15. 26. A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
  16. 29. Objects that orbit a planet
  17. 30. Objects that orbit a star
  18. 31. The 4th planet from the sun
  19. 32. The largest dwarf planet and takes 557 Earth years to complete one orbit around the sun
  20. 34. Man-Made object sent into space to collect data and information
  21. 38. Uses thrust to propel itself through space