ASTRONOMY VOCAB

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Across
  1. 1. Earth's axis traces a circle in the sky over a period of 26,000 years.
  2. 3. Point in orbit where the moon is closest to the Earth.
  3. 4. When the moon moves within Earth's shadow.
  4. 5. When the moon moves directly between the sun and the Earth
  5. 6. Lasts 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
  6. 8. The time interval from one noon to the next.
  7. 9. Point in orbit where the moon is farthest from the Earth.
Down
  1. 2. A flattened circle.
  2. 3. The point in orbit where earth is closest to the sun.
  3. 7. The point in orbit where Earth is farthest from the sun.