Space Science

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Across
  1. 4. Nearest large galaxy to the milky way
  2. 5. The apparent path of the sun around the Earth.
  3. 7. The brightest star viewed from Earth.
  4. 8. Proxima Centauri is the nearest ______ to our sun.
  5. 9. The darker areas in the Earth's shadow.
  6. 10. The dwarf planet farthest from the sun in our solar system.
  7. 11. Wandering Star
  8. 12. The lighter areas in the Earth's shadow.
  9. 14. 9.46 x 10^12 km
  10. 16. Fe, a cosmically abundant element
  11. 17. Location in Danbury were Hubble lenses were made.
Down
  1. 1. Quasars swirl around these
  2. 2. A zone with stars that are always viewable from a region.
  3. 3. One segment of 88 defined sections of space viewed from Earth.
  4. 6. Has a sidereal period of 4.6 years.
  5. 13. Our spiral galaxy
  6. 15. A point directly above an observer.