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Rated: E · Crossword Puzzle · Educational · #1779066
A game for astronomy buffs to test their knowledge on frequently-used astronomy terms
I personally love astronomy and would like to share my knowledge with other people who love it as well. This is just a game to test your knowledge on the subject. Enjoy!
Across:
 3 nickname for big reflecting telescopes (2 words)
 6 the darkest part of a shadow
 9 A meteoroid fragment that survives through the atmosphere and strikes the earth
 13 Certain gaps in the asteroid belt caused by Jupiter's gravitational forces (2 words)
 14 3.62 light years
 16 M (example: M57)
 18 cataclysmic end of the life of some types of stars
 19 NGC
Down:
 1 the odd planet
 2 The fastest planet
 4 Largest Known satellite in the solar system
 5 Dead remains of a low mass star (2 words)
 7 A cloud of dust and gas where stars are born
 8 inner planets
 10 The less-massive and straight tail of a comet
 11 turning hydrogen atoms in to helium atoms in the sun
 12 gas planets
 15 Very luminous, billions of light years away
 17 closest star to Earth
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