Across
- 2. a rel or imaginary line through the center of a spinning object
- 4. to move around another object
- 9. the four planets farthest from the sun
- 10. a hollow area in the ground
- 11. a clear material that helps us see objects in more detail
- 12. the coolest kind of star
- 14. a ball of hot, glowing gasses
- 16. a group of stars that seem to form a picture
- 22. the time it takes Earth to make one complete turn
- 23. a way to tell how hot a star is
- 24. a machine that leaves Earth and travels through space
- 26. beautiful rings made of ice and rock
- 28. the number of phases of the moon
- 29. a constellation that we see in the winter but not the summer
- 30. the only star in our solar system
Down
- 1. the different shapes that we see of the moon
- 3. the movement of Earth when it spins
- 5. a large body of rock or gas that revolves around a star
- 6. only takes 88 days to travel its orbit around the sun
- 7. the hottest kind of star
- 8. the four planets closest to the sun
- 13. a regular path Earth follows around the sun
- 15. the phase of the moon when we see the entire lighted half
- 16. the phase of the moon that happens just before and after a new moon
- 17. the star and the objects that move around it
- 18. similar to Jupiter but it has a Great Dark Spt
- 19. the phase of the moon when the lighted half faces away from Earth
- 20. a tool used to make faraway objects appear larger
- 21. largest planet, has two red spots that are storms
- 25. the time it takes Earth to make one complete trip around the Sun
- 27. called sideways planet because it rotates on its side