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The words in the table all have some astronomical significance.

Each may be slid up or down within the grid at will. By doing so you are to create a row which contains a phrase which is relevant to the subject.

How many such phrases can you discover?













P









H


U




M





Y

C

L

P

E


E


S


M

D

O

S

L

N


R


P


A

R

R

A

A

E


C

P

E


T

U

O

R

N

R

V

U

H

C

L

T

S

N


E

G

E

R

O

T

E

E


A


T

Y

N

Y

B

R

P

R




S


U


O

U

U







S


S

M

S


























All at Sea contained a distractor from the solution, no such thing exists here.

  Submitted by brianjn    
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Solution: (Hide) 
   
              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
          1               P                   S       
          2           P   L                   P       
          3           U   A                   E       
          4           L   N               P   C       
          5           S   E   E   V       H   T       
          6      C    A   T   N   E   M   O   R       M   
          7  H   O    R   S   E   N   E   B   U   L   A   
          8  Y   R            R   U   R   O   M   E   T   
          9  D   O            G   S   C   S       P   T   
         10  R   N            Y       U           U   E   
         11  U   A                    R           S   R   
         12  S                        Y               
         13                                        
                                                   
                                                   
          1                                  S       
          2                                  P       
          3      C           E               E       
          4      O       P   N   V           C       
          5      R       L   E   E   M       T       
          6      O   P   A   R   N   E   P   R       M   
          7      N   U   N   G   U   R   H   U   L   A   
          8  H   A   L   E   Y   S   C   O   M   E   T   
          9  Y       S   T           U   B       P   T   
         10  D       A   S           R   O       U   E   
         11  R       R               Y   S       S   R   
         12  U                                       
         13  S                                       
In comments the above is further addressed.
                                                   
          1                          M               
          2  H                       E   P           
          3  Y                   V   R   H   S       
          4  D   C           E   E   C   O   P       
          5  R   O   P   P   N   N   U   B   E       
          6  U   R   U   L   E   U   R   O   C   L   
          7  S   O   L   A   R   S   Y   S   T   E   M   
          8      N   S   N   G               R   P   A   
          9      A   A   E   Y               U   U   T   
         10          R   T                   M   S   T   
         11              S                           E   
         12                                          R   
         13
"SOLAR NEBULA" (of which I was unaware as a documented concept) arose in the comments and refers to all of the contents of our Solar System, the Sun, planets, asteroids, gas particles and dust, the whole substance of the system.

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
re: solution(s)brianjn2009-12-17 03:35:20
re(3): a start -- hmmmm....Charlie2009-12-17 02:50:11
re(2): a start -- hmmmm....Dej Mar2009-12-17 01:51:13
Solutionsolution(s)Dej Mar2009-12-17 01:42:42
re: Two more!brianjn2009-12-16 21:54:01
re(2): morebrianjn2009-12-16 21:48:16
Some ThoughtsTwo more!rod hines2009-12-16 16:53:35
re: moreCharlie2009-12-16 12:34:47
moreCharlie2009-12-16 12:24:08
Solutionre: a start -- hmmmm....Charlie2009-12-16 12:09:49
Some Thoughtsa startCharlie2009-12-16 12:02:00
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