Solar System Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 16 clues. Answers range from 2 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

Each of the 4 divisions of the year.
an imaginary straight line through Earth about which an object may rotate or that divides an object into symmetrical halves
The distance that light travels in one year.
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
The natural satellite of the earth.
A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
An eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
An instance of revolving.
The action of rotating around an axis or center.
A unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.
The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer on Earth

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