Across
- 4. The visible surface of the sun
- 5. The gas and dust that forms a cloud around the nucleus of a comet
- 9. Solar Wind, A comet’s trail grows smaller as the comet travels away from the sun because this
- 10. and Gas, The components of a comet's trail that separate because they react differently with solar wind
- 13. Belt, The ring containing objects that resemble comet nuclei and orbit farther from the sun than Neptune does
- 14. Temperature, The primary factor that determines a star’s color
- 15. Comet, The comet with the shortest period
- 16. The feature of the sun’s surface that is the same as a solar prominence but viewed from a different angle
- 17. Dwarfs, The group of small dim stars outside the main sequence
- 18. The phenomenon that might be seen when the Earth passes through a comet's trail of small space rocks
- 19. The dark patches on the sun caused by the sun’s magnetic field
Down
- 1. and Size, The two main characteristics that influence a star’s absolute magnitude
- 2. Parallax, Half of the angle that a star appears to move on the celestial sphere when viewed from opposite sides of space
- 3. The larger-than-normal convection cells that cover the sun’s surface and last from 12-24 hours
- 6. A small chunk of rock or metal that is traveling through Earth’s atmosphere and glows due to adiabatic heating.
- 7. Belt, The group of asteroids located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- 8. Halley, The astronomer correctly calculated the return of a comet in 1682
- 11. Region, The thin layer of the sun’s atmosphere that releases ultraviolet radiation
- 12. A rocky or metallic object that gets too close to the atmosphere and lands on the Earth’s surface
- 14. The characteristic that makes giants and supergiants extremely bright
