Astronomy Crossword

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  1. 4. Very electrically charged particles that make up our sun, another state of matter
  2. 5. The theory that says a cosmic expansion started the universe.
  3. 6. Large planets made out of gas.
  4. 8. The force of attraction between everything in the universe
  5. 12. A small, frozen mass that travels around the Sun in a very elliptical orbit
  6. 14. The second-largest planet in the solar system, which could float in water.
  7. 15. The phase of the moon in between waxing gibbous and waning gibbous
  8. 16. A moon of Jupiter with volcanos.
  9. 17. The abbreviation for the International Space Station
  10. 19. The universe is made up of mostly this element.
  11. 21. Stuff from space that has fallen to the Earth.
  12. 23. The distance from the Earth to the Sun, 93 million miles.
  13. 25. A belt of asteroids around Neptune, named after a famous astronomer.
  14. 28. The largest object in the solar system
  15. 29. The name of a defunct space telescope
  16. 31. A type of eclipse that causes the moon to pass between the Sun and Earth and obscure the Sun either totally or partially
  17. 33. The type of tide when the Sun and Moon are aligned. The larger tide.
  18. 35. The closest planet to the sun
  19. 36. The path when a planet or moon orbits around
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  1. 1. The farthest planet from the sun, made of molten rock, methane, water, and ammonia.
  2. 2. Small rocks that orbit the Sun
  3. 3. The name for a large group of stars, gas, planets, and dust.
  4. 7. A method involving exponents that helps for working with very large or very small numbers.
  5. 9. A super-dense remnant of an exploded star
  6. 10. A word for the theory of the structure of spacetime
  7. 11. A black hole with so much stuff around it it glows.
  8. 13. The largest planet in the solar system with 63 moons
  9. 18. Earth's hot sister planet
  10. 20. The largest moon for Saturn, very yellow
  11. 22. A planet with strong electromagnetic field that protects it
  12. 24. e=
  13. 26. A type of eclipse where the Earth interrupts the light shining on the Moon
  14. 27. A very small area of space with such a strong gravitational pull that when items are sucked into it, they can never come out.
  15. 30. The third largest planet, made of methane so it reflects blue light and appears blue.
  16. 32. The branch of science that deal with space
  17. 34. A large cloud of dust and gas that forms solar systems and stars.