Astronomy-Smith-3rd

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Across
  1. 2. an object that orbits a star, large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity
  2. 4. the periodic rise and fall of the ocean level
  3. 6. a object that circles a planet
  4. 7. the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly in between the sun and earth
  5. 11. a ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium
  6. 12. the blocking of sunlight to the moon when the earth is in between the moon and the sun
  7. 13. a loose clump of ice and dust that orbits the sun
  8. 15. the darkest part of a shadow
  9. 16. a chunk of rock or dust in space smaller than asteroid
  10. 17. dark flat areas on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
Down
  1. 1. the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
  2. 3. a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteor
  3. 5. the partial or total bocking of an object in space by another
  4. 6. the tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
  5. 8. a pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent an object or figure
  6. 9. one of the different apparent shapes of the moon that the sun makes
  7. 10. the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
  8. 14. a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in earth's atmosphere