Across
- 3. The middle of the hottest and coldest season of the year
- 5. Another name for a natural satellite
- 6. 5th layer of the sun
- 12. Collection of many solar systems and stars.
- 13. A main reason why we explore space
- 14. Planet with the fastest rotation
- 15. Word used to describe the brightness of a star or sun.
Down
- 1. Force that keeps the planets in orbit
- 2. Planet with a clockwise rotation
- 4. Estimated percent of the universe that has been explored (write the number out)
- 6. Phase in which the Moon is very small
- 7. Pathway that planets travel on
- 8. Word used to describe a stage of the Moon
- 9. Word used to describe the function of a telescope
- 10. 6th planet from the Sun
- 11. Name of the second man on the Moon
- 16. A Mars rover