Astronomy vocab
Across
- 2. A named group of stars that is not one of the recognized constellastions
- 4. The region of total shadow of Earth
- 5. When a star or Constellation is so close to the North or South Pole that it never rises nor sets.
- 6. The cycle or period it takes the moon to Orbit the Earth
- 7. The brightness of a star as it appears to a human on Earth
- 9. Occur at every first and third quarter of the moon cycle
- 12. Another word for spin
- 13. Earth's Farthest point from the sun
- 14. The imaginary line the the sky directly above Earth's Equator
Down
- 1. The distance from the sun to the Earth (93M miles)
- 3. Occur at every full and new moon
- 5. The suns faint outer atmosphere
- 8. Earth's Closest point to the sun
- 10. The bright surface of the Sun
- 11. Another word for orbit