Across
- 3. most volcanically active body in the solar system
- 5. the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Riccardo _____________, a pioneer in the field of building and launching sophisticated X-ray instruments
- 6. _________ solar probe is the first spacecraft to touch the sun
- 8. the constellation which named after the greek hero who slayed medusa
- 9. china's space station
- 11. planet which has the most powerful auroras
- 12. the dynastic Chinese regarded the Milky Way as a “silver river” that was made to separate two starcrossed lovers- to the east of the Milky Way, Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden, was identified with the bright star ____________
- 13. a belt around the sky about 18° wide centered on the ecliptic
- 14. june's full moon is named after which fruit
Down
- 1. discs are discs of dust, gas, asteroids and other objects that rotate around a star
- 2. first person to calculate the circumference of the earth and its axial tilt
- 4. (R-OOOH) an atmospheric chemical which is extremely reactive
- 7. star which derives it name from an arabic term which is also the name of an iconic Batman villian
- 10. the dynastic Chinese regarded the Milky Way as a “silver river” that was made to separate two starcrossed lovers- to the west of the Milky Way, her lover Niu Lang, the cowherd, was associated with the star _____________
