Astronomy Crossword - Cameron Elliott - 7Z

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Across
  1. 2. Something on which an object rotates.
  2. 4. When our view is blocked by another object.
  3. 10. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.
  4. 11. Our galaxy (The word "Galaxy" actually means milky way in Greek)
  5. 14. A shooting star, observed when a particle of dust enters into the Earth's atmosphere.
  6. 15. When n object spins it is said to what?
  7. 16. The system of planets and other objects orbiting the the Sun.
Down
  1. 1. How much matter an object contains.
  2. 3. A cloud of gas and dust.
  3. 5. The lighter part of a shadow found on the shadow's edge.
  4. 6. When the moon is more than half full, but less than completely full.
  5. 7. the opposite of the night.
  6. 8. An object moving around a star.
  7. 9. An object from outer space, such as a rock, that falls into the Earth and lands on its surface.
  8. 12. Something that links the positions of the stars and planets to human destinies.
  9. 13. The path one object takes around another.