solar system

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Across
  1. 3. the distance in which a ray of light would travel in one year
  2. 4. when the moon is more than half full but less than completley full
  3. 8. dark spots on the sun
  4. 13. darkening of the moon
  5. 14. Meaning equal day and equal night
  6. 16. when an object is spinning it is said to be rotating
  7. 18. closest planet to the sun
  8. 21. known as our twin
  9. 22. farthest planet from the sun
  10. 24. a group of stars given names by ancient astronomers
  11. 25. an imaginary line on which an object rotates
  12. 26. a group of stars, gas and dust that is held together by gravity
  13. 28. a small,frozen cluster of dust which orbits the sun
  14. 29. a self-luminous object
  15. 30. a meteorite that is stoney
  16. 31. a brief eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface
Down
  1. 1. our galaxy
  2. 2. dwarf planet
  3. 5. famous for its rings
  4. 6. fifth planet from the sun
  5. 7. a shooting star
  6. 9. shortest days of the year (June22 and December22)
  7. 10. beautiful lights seen over the polar regions
  8. 11. center of solar system
  9. 12. an object moving around a star
  10. 15. known as the red planet
  11. 17. when our view of an object is blocked by either another object or the Earths shadow
  12. 19. the study of the universe
  13. 20. when something is moving in a circle around another object
  14. 23. takes about 365 days to orbit the sun
  15. 27. a small rocky body orbiting the sun