Astronomy Crossword - Module 9

2. (2W)NASA's ____ discovered Uranus had 10 new moons, 2 new rings and a magnetic field.
7. In AD 1977, scientists discovered that Uranus is encircled with these.
8. This probe in AD 2005 was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon Titan.
9. Galileo incorrectly recorded this planet as a fixed star during observations with his small telescope in AD 1612.
12. In AD 1948, this moon of Uranus is discovered.
13. This spacecraft dropped a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere and conducted extended observations of Jupiter and its moons and rings from AD 1995 to 2003
14. (4W)These four moons of Uranus were discovered over the time period from AD 1787-1851.
19. (2W)He studied the orbits of Jupiter's moons in AD 1664.

1. (2W)In AD 1610, he made the first detailed observations of Jupiter.
3. (2W)This astronomer discovered a gap between Saturn's inner rings in AD 1675.
4. Voyager 2 became the first and only spacecraft to visit ____ in AD 1989, passing above the planet.
5. (2W)In AD 1655, he discovered Saturn's rings and its largest moon Titan.
6. (2W)In 1994, astronomers observed pieces of this comet collide with Jupiter's southern hemisphere.
10. (2W)This became the first spacecraft to cross the Asteroid Belt and fly past Jupiter in 1973.
11. In AD 2016, this spacecraft conducted in-depth investigations of Jupiter's atmosphere, deep structure, and magnetosphere.
15. (2W)In ____, NASA announced the discovery of a new pair of rings around Uranus and 2 new small moons.
16. (2W)This is when Voyager 1 and 2 discovered Jupiter's faint rings, several new moons, and volcanic activity on Io's surface.
17. In AD 1846, Astronomers discover Neptune & Neptune's largest moon, ___. moon
18. Scientists discovered a new ring around Saturn based on images from this spacecraft in AD 2006.
20. This is when British astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus.