Milky Way

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. The path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another (5)
  2. 8. An abstract part of something (plural) (8)
  3. 9. The month following February and preceding April (plural) (4)
  4. 10. A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun (5)
  5. 13. Of or relating to or caused by ___ (13)
  6. 15. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)
  7. 16. A collection of star systems (6)

Down

  1. 1. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
  2. 2. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (6)
  3. 3. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  4. 4. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (6)
  5. 5. A star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process (9)
  6. 6. A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star (9)
  7. 11. Everything that exists anywhere (8)
  8. 12. The galaxy containing the solar system (8)
  9. 14. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)