Across
- 4. a number of meteors that appear to radiate from one point in the sky at a particular date each year, due to the earth regularly passing through them at that position in its orbit.
- 5. Type of comet tail, caused by an interaction between the solar wind and the cometary plasma
- 6. The dark spots that appear on the sun's surface and are usually cooler.
- 10. A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun.
- 11. The closest planet to the Sun.
- 15. A planet in the solar system, which is called "Red planet".
- 16. The lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
- 17. A collection of comets, where they come from.
- 18. The Solar System's snowballs.
- 19. The outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere
Down
- 1. Combination of two atomic nuclei.
- 2. A giant, spinning storm in Jupiter's atmosphere.
- 3. a fragment of spatial matter that falls to the surface of a planet.
- 6. happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the Sun's light in some areas.
- 7. A celestial body that only meets two out of the three formal criteria to be considered a planet.
- 8. A subatomic particle with very little mass
- 9. A dense, skinny strand of dark matter and galaxies.
- 12. The only planet in solar system which has life.
- 13. A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
- 14. A science that studies outer space and objects there.
