ur mom's astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
- 5. Mercury,Venus,Earth, Mars
- 6. Composed of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium; Neptune and Uranus
- 10. 600 million years after the Moon formed, there was a second wave of cratering on the Moon.
- 12. a region beyond Neptune, extending about 50 AU from the Sun
- 15. an enrmous aggregate of gas and dust drifting between the stars
- 17. Another term for "outer planets"
- 19. tiny dust particles where heavier elements, like carbon and oxygen, can be found.
- 21. what is formed when an interstellar cloud collapses; where the planets form
- 22. to pass in front of
- 23. rocky or metallic bodies
- 24. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- 25. Steep cliffs that run for hundreds of kilometers across Murcury's surface
Down
- 1. Giant planets made of mostly hydrogen and helium; Jupiter and Saturn
- 2. When a gas cools and its molecules stick together to form liquid or solid particles
- 3. Theory that the Solar System originated from a rotating cloud
- 4. Occurs when a force that acts repeatedly on a body constantly reinforces the body's motion
- 7. Icy bodies that enter the inner Solar System of highly elongated orbits
- 8. the bending of light from a distant star as the stars light travels past our sun
- 9. Where most comets orbit; may extend 100,000 AU from the sun
- 11. The component of a star's motion in the direction toward or away from Earth
- 13. small, planetlike bodies
- 14. The progression of distance from the Sun can be expressed with this mathematical relation
- 16. Another term for "inner planets"
- 18. planets from other solar systems
- 20. a stage of planet formation where tiny particles that condensed from the nebula begin to stick together and form bigger pieces