Across
- 4. determined by the sun
- 5. the planet where we live
- 6. the 4th planet from the sun
- 9. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
- 10. one of the ice giants in our solar system
- 11. the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
- 13. a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state over a few months.
- 14. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 15. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 17. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.
- 18. the 6th planet from the sun
- 19. this day was made up after the moon
Down
- 1. one of the gas planets in our solar system
- 2. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
- 3. the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.
- 6. the natural satellite of earth
- 7. the star around which earth orbits
- 8. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 12. the action of rotating around an axis or center.
- 16. the smallest planet in our solar system
