Studies of Space

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Across
  1. 1. a comet tail containing dust (2 words)
  2. 4. The bending of light from a distant object to form an image (2 words)
  3. 5. The core of an atom electrons orbit
  4. 11. a bright trail of light made by small solid object entering earth's atmosphere (a shooting star)
  5. 12. A planet not orbiting our sun
  6. 13. The breaking of a molecule by intense radiation (2 words)
  7. 16. A rocky planet similar to earth in size and structure (2 words)
  8. 19. A large planet made up of gas (2 words)
  9. 21. A dark band in Jovian’s planet atmosphere (a dark circle around the planet)
  10. 22. A planet orbiting in the inner part of the solar system (2 words)
  11. 24. an event where many meteors occur in a short space of time (2 words)
  12. 25. Cliffs formed where the crust has shifted that run for hundreds of kilometers across a planet’s or moon’s surface
Down
  1. 2. A cloud of gas and dust in between the stars (2 words)
  2. 3. The force exerted by a substance (starts with a p)
  3. 6. The gaseous atmosphere surrounding the head of a comet
  4. 7. The visible surface of the sun
  5. 8. The small remains of a meteor that falls to earth
  6. 9. a cloud of hot gas in the sun’s outer atmosphere
  7. 10. A hot thin column of gas in the sun’s chromosphere
  8. 14. A dark cooler spot on the sun’s visible surface
  9. 15. A sudden increase in brightness of a small area on the sun
  10. 17. The lower part of the sun’s outer atmosphere that lies directly above the sun’s visible surface (photosphere)
  11. 18. A tiny planet (2 words)
  12. 20. The distance from an astronomical body at which its gravitational force can pull apart another astronomical body (2 words)
  13. 23. A small rock solid body