Space Vocabulary
Across
- 3. A tool that splits light into different wavelengths
- 5. A galaxy that does not have a definite shape
- 6. How hot or cold something is
- 7. A galaxy shaped like a flat rotating disc
- 10. A scatter graph showing the relationship between the absolute magnitudes of stars against their spectral types
- 12. The total amount of energy released from a star
- 13. All time, space, and everything else
- 16. A galaxy shaped in an ellipsoidal shape being smooth and nearly featureless
- 19. A cluster of matter in the universe that constitutes a unit
- 20. swinging back and forth (like a pendulum)
Down
- 1. A sphere of plasma held by its gravity
- 2. The magnitude of a celestial object
- 4. A system of millions or more stars
- 8. The brightness of a celestial object from ten parsecs
- 9. A unit of measure for temperature based on an absolute scale
- 11. The process in which two nuclei collide to create different products
- 14. A theory in astronomy where the universe originated from a big explosion
- 15. The distance between similar points on two successive waves
- 17. A cloud of gas/dust in outer space
- 18. A galaxy that our solar system is in