Arnold- Astronomy-1
Across
- 2. the darkest part of a shadow
- 4. one of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from earth
- 7. the attractive force between objects
- 8. dark flat areas on the moon
- 10. either of the 2 days of the year on witch the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
- 12. the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly in front of the sun
- 17. the scientific law that states every object attracts other objects
- 19. an object that orbits a star
- 21. the movement of an object around another object
- 22. the tide with the least difference between low and high tide
- 23. a meteoroid that hit earths surface
- 24. the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another like the moon and sun
- 25. a streak of light in the sky prouduced by the burning of a mereoriod
- 26. either of the two days of the year on witch neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
Down
- 1. the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and moon
- 3. the spinning motion of a planet on its axis
- 5. the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 6. a system of organizing time
- 9. a pattern or grouping of stars that people believe to represent a figure or object
- 11. the tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 13. a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun
- 14. large round pit caused by the impact of a meteriod
- 15. an object that orbits a planet
- 16. a ball of hot gas
- 18. the path of an object as it revolves around another in space
- 20. an imaginary line that passes through a planets center and its north and south poles about witch the planet rotates