Merrick's crossword

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Across
  1. 6. a pattern of stars
  2. 7. most orbit the sun
  3. 9. round or flattened balls, old stars only
  4. 10. made of mainly rocky material
  5. 12. millions of small rocky objects
  6. 13. active young galaxies w/black holes in the center
  7. 14. made of ice and gas
  8. 15. has a bulge in the middle and arms that
Down
  1. 1. debris left by colliding asteroids
  2. 2. an ethic group in mail, west Africa
  3. 3. no regular shapes, bright young stars
  4. 4. one of the star characteristics
  5. 5. the range of wave lengths that stars emit
  6. 8. instrument scientist use to spread right
  7. 11. made of gas, dust and ice
  8. 14. a huge group of single stars