Across
- 2. a luminous sphere of gas that has enormous mass
- 4. distance light travels in one year
- 7. The Milky Way is this type of galaxy
- 9. interaction between solar flares and earths magnetic field
- 10. 4th planet from the sun
- 11. how stars get their energy
- 12. planets revolve around the sun
- 14. what holds everything in the solar system together
- 17. gas giant with a red spot, 5th planet from the sun
- 19. type of galaxy that can have a variety of shapes
- 21. type of galaxy that looks like an ellipse
- 22. where stars are born
Down
- 1. closest planet to the sun
- 3. once considered a planet, now a dwarf planet
- 5. unit of measurement, average distance from earth to sun
- 6. planets and sun revolve around the earth
- 7. violent eruption on the sun
- 8. sun's outer layer; a gradual boundary between sun and space
- 13. revived the heliocentric theory in the 1500's
- 15. the shape of the planets orbit around the sun, Kepler's 1st law
- 16. brightness that describes how we see a star from earth
- 18. large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
- 20. brightness that describes how large and hot a star is relative to others