Across
- 3. that is composed of gas or dust particles, or both.
- 5. is a distance which measured in units
- 8. is the color sphere
- 11. are bubbles of hot gases that appear in cycles of bright and dark spots reaching up to 621 miles
- 14. The path where the planets move around the sun
- 15. are darker, cooler areas in the atmosphere
- 16. is the largest asteroid, 940 km in diameter
- 17. is the first type of asteroids
- 18. they lie near Jupiter and they have highly elliptical orbits
Down
- 1. a cloudlike structure that surrounds the nucleus which is composed of gas and small bits of rocks and dust
- 2. is the second largest, 520 km in diameter
- 4. are small, but sharp eruptions which last for about 15 minutes to one hour
- 5. is the light sphere and the main body of the sun
- 6. are billowing arches of rose-colored flame, which also occur near sunspots.
- 7. are the bright streak of light that dart the night sky, which are referred to as shooting stars
- 8. is the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 9. which is believed to be solid and composed of frozen gases, water vapor, and dust particles
- 10. is 510 km in diameter
- 12. they were once associated to bad omens and disaster
- 13. They lie within the main asteroid belt and they circle the sun for 12 years