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An Astronomical Crossword

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Climb aboard my new rocketship, the Voyager JRG and explore the universe in this crossword about astronomy. See the planets, moons and stars without leaving your desk! Good luck.
Author: EChelle822 - Diff: Harder

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      1. The closest bright star to out solar system: ___ Centauri
      3. The part of a planetary magnetosphere pushed into a solar wind
      9. Hawaiian food made of taro root
      10. The visible surface of a planet against the sky
      11. Used to trap, ensnare or mislead (pl.)
      12. Symbol for element silver
      14. A sluggish mollusk
      15. The first spacecraft to use Venus' gravitational pull to travel to Mercury: ___ 10
      17. Star HR 6056 is also known as ___ Prior
      18. Single
      19. Measurement used to specify radiation wavelengths
      23. Saturn's outermost satellite
      26. This planet is known to cross orbit with Pluto for a few years at a time
      27. The most dense of Saturn's moons
      28. When the moon interupts light from the sun, it causes this type of eclipse
      31. The Earth's moon controls these in Earth's bodies of water
      33. Mars is believed to have this type of crust
      35. The ninth of Saturn's satellites
      36. Star HR 6705 is also known by this name
      37. A male sheep

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      1. Sister galaxy to The Milky Way
      2. To herd animals
      3. The rotational period of this planet is just over 58 Earth Days
      4. Largest moon in the solar sysem
      5. Second largest moon in the solar system
      6. The point in orbit when a planet is furthest from the sun
      7. This moon has turned itself inside out with it's continuous volcanic eruptions
      8. The distance light travels in a year (2)
      13. Co-discoverer of 7 down
      14. The closest star to earth is The ___
      16. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit this planet
      20. Antonym for yes
      21. A meteor that strikes the Earth's crust
      22. The ___ of light = 299,792,458 meters per second
      24. A fireball that causes a sonic boom
      25. A celestial body consisting mainly of ice and dust
      27. Antonym of retrograde
      28. This planet is the god of agriculture in Roman mythology
      29. This planet has a mass of 4.869e24 kg
      30. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      32. Star HR 8880 is also known as ___
      34. Laugh