View from Earth
Across
- 1. Shows the position of the Sun in the sky at a single location and at the same time of the day throughout a year.
- 3. The dark center portion of a shadow
- 6. A group of stars that forms a particular shape in the sky.
- 7. Constellation that lies along the plane of the ecliptic.
- 9. The colour of stars is based on their ____
- 12. Caused by torques on Earth due to the gravitational pulls of the Moon and the Sun.
- 13. year, The distance light travel in one Earth year.
- 15. The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
Down
- 2. Opposite of zenith.
- 4. The point at which the moon is farthest from Earth/ A motion of earth that we can see a micro moon.
- 5. It is known as The North Star.
- 8. The point at which the moon is closest to Earth/ A motion of earth that we see a supermoon.
- 10. plane, An imaginary plane containing the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
- 11. 0 to 360 degrees around horizon from north towards east.
- 14. The partial shadow surrounding a perfect shadow.