IGCSE 1.
6 Astronomy Crossword
Across
1. Something that orbits
3. Time of a Moon orbit
4. The fraction that the Moons gravity
is compared with the Earths
7. Gravitational field strength at the
Earths surface in N/kg
8. A squashed circle
12. Distance from the centre of a circle
13. Approx number of stars in a
typical galaxy
14. Has a highly elliptical orbit
16. A moon will orbit this
18. Time taken for Earth to complete
an orbit
19. The red planet
21. Planet with the longest year
25. Jupiter has at least sixty of these
26. The largest planet
28. Large collection of stars
30. Our home
31. Has the brightest rings
32. Most well known name of a moon
33. Earths hotter twin
35. Caused by the Moons gravity
36. Nearest star
Down
1. Galactic shape
2. Everything we can observe
5. Earths orbit is nearly this shape
6. Came up with a law of gravity
9. Path taken by a satellite
10. Part of our galaxys name
11. Gravity is an example of this
15. Force that keeps the Solar
System together
17. To do with the Moon
20. A collection of bodies
22. Relegated planet
23. Number of planets in the Solar System
24. To do with the Sun
25. Fastest moving planet
27. Nineteen times further away from
the Sun than us
29. Many found between Mars and Jupiter
34. Large bright object