Astronomy - Crossword
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Across: 2. object in space that looks like a bright ball with a long tail; it moves around the sun 4. faraway planet that was discovered with a telescope 7. the sun and the planets 9. tube-shaped instrument that makes faraway objects look closer and bigger 10. Italian astronomer 13. straight line from one side of a cirlce to the other 14. the power that makes an object fall down to Earth 15. to make something feel real 16. to make facts clear
Down: 1. very old; from a long time ago 3. to move around an object in a circle 5. Polish astronomer (last name) 6. mathematician that proved planets travelled around the sun in elliptical paths 8. name of our galaxy (two words) 11. to find out how large something is or how far away it is 12. period of a hundred years 14. one of the large groups of stars that make up our universe