Space Crossword

The distance a heavenly body appears above the horizon as measured in degrees
Chunks of rock that orbit the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
The study of the universe and all of the bodies that appear in the skies.
A layer of air between the earth and outer space
A straight line that an object or body rotates, or seems to rotate around
the time when the moon's whole disk is illuminated.
An intense gravitational field created when a star runs out of fuel and collapses.
A large ball of ice, dust, rock, and gas that orbits the sun.
Bright stars grouped according to the patterns they make in the sky.
A hole created on the surface of an object or body, made by falling meteorites or by erupting volcanoes
To send or give out
Of two types, solar and lunar
During the Sun's annual path in the sky it crosses the celestial equator at two points
A phase in the moon's cycle when more than half of the moon, but not the entire face of the moon, is illuminated
A force that attracts and holds the universe together. It gives objects weight
Either the north or south half of the earth divided by the equator, or the east or west half divided by the prime meridian
The four hard rocky planets closest to the sun
The distance light travels in a year. This unit is used to measure distances in space
Larger meteors that fall to the surface of the earth
the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth
The name of the satellite that orbits the earth
The path of a planet or other heavenly body as it revolves around another body in space
A bright star, also known as North Star or Polaris, that appears in the sky in the northern hemisphere
The motion of a planet along its orbit around the sun
The motion of a planet satellite, or the sun around it's north-south axis
A man made or heavenly body that orbits around a larger object
When the sun reaches it's highest point in the sky
Once a year the sun reaches it's highest and lowest points in the sky at noon
A gaseous body that produces its own energy through nuclear fusion, releasing it as light and heat.
A device that uses shadow to tell time
Everything that exists: the earth, the sun, the moon, satellites, stars, asteroids, all the galaxies and the space in between them.
When the moon grows gradually more illuminated when passing from new to full moon
the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon
the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon
The time it takes for a planet to go all the way around the sun
The time it takes for a planet to make a full rotation
the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.
When a meteoroid enters the earth's atmosphere, creating a bright streak of light
These rocks may have been swept off asteroids and comets. They also orbit the sun, sometimes entering the earth's atmosphere