Astronomy Crossword
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
 
 
Down: 1) A map often made by photograpy that gives the positions and magnitudes of the stars.3) A large celestial body that orbits a star and does not shine on its own.4) The description given to the system dominated by the Sun and including the Planets, Minor Planets, Comets, planetary satellites and interplantery debris that travel in orbits around the Sun.5) A small, very dense, hot star near the end of its life. Mostly made of carbon.6) The spiral galaxy containing our Sun. As seen from Earth, the constellation Sagittarius marks the direction to its center.7) A natural satellite orbiting a planet. The moon is Earth's only natural satellite.9) A small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun in an ellipitical orbit. Across: 2) Any of the thousands of small planets or Minor Planets.4) A self-luminous object that shines through the release of energy produced by nuclear reactions at its core.7) The luminous phenomenom observed when a meteoroid is heated by its entry into the Earth's atomsphere.8) A region of space around a very small and extremely massive collapsed star within which the gravitational field is so intense that not even light can escape.10) Everything, all matter and energy that is in existence.11) A huge collection of stars, gas and dust measuring many light years across.12) A giant star towards the end of its life, with a relatively low temperature, that emits red light.
 

 

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