Astronomy
Across
- 4. eclipse, Blocking of Sun's light which can occur during a new moon.
- 6. a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 7. Closest planet to the Sun
- 12. Complete shadow, the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- 13. Largest planet in the solar system
- 14. Layer of air, made up of many layers and gases surrounding the Earths and other planets' surface.
- 16. A satellite is a natural or man made object that orbits around a planet.
Down
- 1. Partial shadow, lighter, outer parts of a shadow. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
- 2. the spinning of Earth in its axis.
- 3. Sixth planet to the Sun, second largest planet in the solar system.
- 5. the movement of one object around another object.
- 7. little chunks of rock and debris in space that falls through a planet’s atmosphere.
- 8. sunlight on its surface.
- 9. Largest objects in the Solar system which revolve around the Sun.
- 10. Second closest planet to the Sun. Sometimes called earth's twin.
- 11. eclipse, Blocking of Sunlight to the moon, this can occur during a full moon
- 15. small body of ice, rock and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
- 16. primary source of heat and energy for the solar system.