Space & Solar System Word Search — Medium

Play a free online Space & Solar System word search puzzle. Difficulty: Medium. Find all 12 hidden words on the 11×11 grid below.

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Space & Solar System word list, defined

APHELION /əˈfiːliən/ · noun
The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or other body around the Sun at which it is farthest from the Sun. Related: apoapsis, apocenter.
ASTRONOMER /əˈstrɒnəmər/ · noun
A scientist who studies celestial objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets, and galaxies, and the physical processes governing them. Related: stargazer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, observational astronomer.
ASCENDANT /əˈsɛndənt/ · noun; adjective
As an adjective, ascendant means rising in power, influence, or importance. As a noun, it denotes a position of dominance or controlling power (chiefly in the phrase 'in the ascendant'), or in astrology, the point of the zodiac rising on the eastern horizon at a given moment. Related: rising, dominant, prevailing, ascending.
CELESTIAL /səˈlɛstʃəl/ · adjective
Relating to the sky or the heavens, especially to heavenly bodies such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars. By extension, it describes anything supremely good, beautiful, or perfect, evoking the divine or otherworldly. Related: heavenly, astronomical, divine, ethereal.
CIRCULAR /ˈsɜːrkjələr/ · adjective; also noun
Shaped like or moving in a circle; round in form. Also describing an argument that returns to its starting point without proving anything, or a route that follows a loop. Related: round, orbicular, ring-shaped, cylindrical.
CLIMATE /ˈklaɪmət/ · noun
The characteristic weather conditions of a region over a long period, including temperature, rainfall, and humidity; also used figuratively to mean the prevailing mood, attitudes, or conditions in a society or organization. Related: weather, conditions, environment, atmosphere.
AEROGEL /ˈɛərədʒɛl/ · noun
A synthetic porous ultralight material in which the liquid component of a gel has been replaced with gas, without significant collapse of the gel structure. It is one of the lightest known solid materials and is an exceptionally effective thermal insulator. Related: frozen smoke, solid foam, insulating gel.
CORONA /kəˈroʊnə/ · noun
A corona is a circle of light appearing around the sun or moon, especially the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse; more broadly, it can denote a crown or crown-like shape or structure. Related: halo, aureole, nimbus, crown.

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