Across
- 4. Earth-centered solar system
- 7. This man theorized that the solar system was Sun-centered
- 8. The star at the center of our solar system
- 9. The planet we live on
- 11. The belief that Aristotle's ideas were superior to any other in science
- 15. The only natural satellite of the Earth
- 16. An inferior planet closest to the Earth
- 18. The sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in our solar system
- 20. He built the first reflecting telescope
- 22. An instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects
- 23. A superior planet closest to the Sun
- 25. This man theorized that the solar system was Earth-centered
- 26. An astronomical object orbiting a star
Down
- 1. The visible streak of light from a meteoroid
- 2. Sun-centered solar system
- 3. This consists of the Sun and its planetary system
- 5. Minor planets that are not Comets
- 6. A dwarf planet that is not longer considered a planet
- 10. The word for the small world
- 12. The word for the large world
- 13. A flat, rotating disk containing stars, gas and dust, and a central concentration of stars
- 14. The eighth and farthest planet from the Sun
- 17. The seventh planet from the Sun
- 19. The largest planet in the solar system
- 21. He wrote the laws of planetary motion
- 24. A massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and dark matter