Solar System & the Universe

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Across
  1. 4. land on planets to analyze materials on the surface
  2. 5. the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves
  3. 8. this keeps objects in their orbits
  4. 10. electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye
  5. 11. use multiple lenses to collect light
  6. 12. the largest volcano in our solar system
  7. 18. take pictures to analyze and atmosphere or a planet
  8. 21. these have collected a great deal of information about parts of our solar system
  9. 23. gravity pulled in gas, dust, ice, and rock causing the solar systems...
  10. 24. the largest and furthest from the sun planets are made up of
  11. 26. rocky object revolving around the sun that is too small to be considered a planet
  12. 27. primarily use mirrors to collect light
  13. 29. the hottest planet
  14. 31. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
  15. 32. the smallest four inner planets are made of
  16. 33. the convection zone, radiative zone, and the core make up the suns...
  17. 34. people have landed on or orbited the moon
Down
  1. 1. the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves
  2. 2. are large and detect radio waves from objects in space and have curved, reflecting surfaces
  3. 3. solar flares, prominences, and sun spots are some of the sun's...
  4. 5. the system consisting of the sun, the planets, and other objects that revolve around the sun
  5. 6. this planet is tilted on it's side
  6. 7. the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two crests
  7. 9. the smallest planet
  8. 13. this planet has beautiful rings around it
  9. 14. object that orbits the sun and has enough gravity to be spherical, but it has not cleared the area of its orbit
  10. 15. the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona make up the sun's...
  11. 16. these use mirrors to collect and focus visible light to make distant objects appear larger and brighter
  12. 17. a chunk of rock or dust in space, smaller than an asteroid
  13. 19. this planet's orbital period is 687 days
  14. 20. this plant has extremely strong winds
  15. 22. this planet has 67 moons
  16. 25. an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distant
  17. 26. a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun
  18. 28. only planet with life
  19. 30. a large, gaseous body at the center of the solar system