Astronomy Vick 3
Across
- 3. at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
- 5. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 10. the path of an object as it revolves
- 12. a group of stars making up a pattern
- 14. light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
- 16. spinning motion of a planet on its axis
- 17. An object that orbits a planet
- 18. 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.
- 20. the movement of an object around another object
- 23. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
- 24. an eclipse in which the sun is in front of the moon.
- 26. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
Down
- 1. The tidal levels and character which would result from gravitational effects
- 2. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
- 4. An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center
- 6. a particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force
- 7. A ball of hot gas
- 8. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere
- 9. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water.
- 11. an object that orbits a star
- 13. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun
- 15. a large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or the moon
- 19. a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information.
- 21. arge, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions
- 22. a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground
- 25. when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.