Space and Universe

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Across
  1. 2. Terrestrial planet, the only planet known to harbor life.
  2. 5. a giant cloud of dust and gas only visible with special telescopes
  3. 7. a minor planet smaller than a dwarf planet orbiting the sun
  4. 9. Terrestrial planet that orbits the sun the fastest
  5. 11. 8 light minutes, 93 million miles, the distance from Earth to the Sun
  6. 12. a telescope studying space using mostly the visible light spectrum.
  7. 17. 5.88 trillion miles, the amount of distance it takes light to travel in a year
  8. 18. a planet large enough in size to be spherical and has cleared its orbital path.
  9. 19. a meteoroid that enters Earths atmosphere and burns up before hitting Earth, "shooting star"
  10. 20. the coldest planet orbiting on its side
  11. 21. a small icy object that orbits the sun and produces a tail of evaporating ice
  12. 22. an object orbiting the sun smaller than an asteroid
Down
  1. 1. a telescope observing the universe using infrared light.
  2. 3. gas giant known for its large rings
  3. 4. a planet discovered using math and named before it was seen with a telescope
  4. 6. Terrestrial planet, has two moons and the largest volcano in the solar system.
  5. 8. a small planet, too small to be spherical, and has not cleared its orbital path.
  6. 10. the planet that protects Earth from asteroid impacts
  7. 13. the amount of planets the solar system has.
  8. 14. an object from space that makes contact with Earths surface
  9. 15. the attraction between objects that increases with more mass.
  10. 16. Terrestrial planet that maintains the hottest temperatures