Across
- 3. The hottest planet in the solar system (5)
- 5. The moons of Uranus were named after characters created by Alexander Pope and who else?
- 7. term for when the Moon's shadow falls upon Earth, which we see as the Moon blocking the Sun
- 8. Venus and what other planet have no moons?
- 9. Name of the skunk in popular animated movie, Space Jam (4,2,3)
- 10. Planet with the largest ocean
- 11. The largest known ______ is 965 km wide
- 12. Author responsible for writing the book that inspired Hollywood blockbuster 2001: A space Odyssey
- 15. Which Hollywood movie focuses on three African-American women who were essential to the success of early spaceflight?
- 17. constellation that represents a hunter and weapons
- 18. The biggest natural satellite which orbits Jupiter
- 20. Which planet has a hexagonal-shaped storm?
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- 1. number of stars that make up the big dipper
- 2. This famous comet is expected to orbit past earth again in 2061
- 4. Galaxies are either spiral, irregular or what other shape?
- 6. What do scientists call the disk that encircles a black hole?
- 13. One of the 5 officially recognised dwarf planets in our solar system
- 14. Theory describing how the universe started (3,4)
- 16. The sun is made up of 3/4 hydrogen and 1/4 what other substance?
- 19. The substance thought to be in abundance on the rocky planet located 40 light years away, called 55 Cancri e