Astronomy Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Equinox / autumnal equinox
  2. 8. Equinox / vernal equinox
  3. 9. / a fairly bright star located within one degree of the north celestial pole
  4. 10. / the action of a planet turning on its axis
  5. 11. Meridian / the planets zero of longitude
  6. 12. / having the Sun as the center
  7. 14. Solstice / the solstice that marks the onset of summer
Down
  1. 1. Solstice / the solstice that marks the onset of winter
  2. 3. / an imaginary line which a planet rotates on
  3. 4. / a horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing
  4. 5. / a megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England
  5. 6. / having Earth as the center instead of the Sun
  6. 7. Unit / the distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun
  7. 13. Motion / the direction opposite to the movement of something else