Across
- 1. the universe
- 5. a large, hot ball of gas
- 7. a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun
- 8. Moon the phase of the Moon that occurs when the Moon is opposite the Sun as seen from Earth
- 11. a Moon shape that is larger than a first or third quarter Moon, but smaller than a full Moon
- 12. Clouds the galaxies closest to the Milky Way
Down
- 1. a chunk of ice, dust, and rock material a few kilometers in size
- 2. pertaining to the Sun
- 3. the path one object takes to travel around another object
- 4. planet an object that orbits the Sun and is big enough to be round but doesn’t clear away all objects near its orbit
- 5. an object orbiting a larger object
- 6. a type of dwarf planet that has an orbit beyond Neptune
- 9. getting smaller
- 10. pertaining to the Moon
- 13. a day of the year when the Sun’s rays shine straight down on the equator