Astronomy Topic 4, Part 1
Across
- 5. day 24hrs. One full rotation with respect to the sun.
- 6. When the light part of the Moon is growing over the month
- 8. An imaginary line from North, South, Zenith and Nadir for an observer to measure against
- 9. The longest and shortest days
- 10. The phase where the moon cannot be seen
- 11. The plane/path the sun moves across in the sky
- 13. A natural zero for latitude
- 15. The internationally agreed zero for longitude
Down
- 1. The star has reached its highest point in the sky
- 2. A graph of RA versus declination for the Sun. A figure of 8 shape
- 3. The number of minutes for the earth to rotate 1 degree
- 4. Two days of a year where it is exactly 12 hours
- 5. 23hrs and 56mins. One complete rotation with respect to distant stars
- 6. When the light part of the Moon is shrinking over the month
- 7. The phase where the entire moon can be seen
- 12. Only a thin sliver of the moon can be seen
- 14. Three quarters of the moon can be seen