Across
- 2. Gaseous cloud from which, in the so-called nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system
- 4. Shows the relationship between a star's temperature and its luminosity
- 5. Amount of matter in an object
- 10. Generates a strong magnetic field
- 12. Group of stars that forms a particular shape
- 13. The angle between the Earth at one time of year, and the Earth six months later, as measured from a nearby star
- 15. One in which two stars orbit around a common center of mass
- 17. The range of all types of EM radiation
- 19. Apparent magnitude an object would have if it were located at a distance of 10 parsecs
- 21. The stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula
Down
- 1. Pulses of radiation at very regular intervals that typically range from milliseconds to seconds
- 3. A dying star in the final stages of stellar evolution
- 6. The explosion of a star
- 7. Property of a body by virtue of which it opposes any agency that attempts to put it in motion
- 8. Process in which two or more things form to make one thing
- 9. Brightest star in the night sky
- 11. How bright an object appears in the sky from Earth
- 14. One of many large rocks that circle the sun
- 16. A piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the atmosphere
- 18. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
- 20. Force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center
