Astronomy Vocabulary Puzzle
Across
- 3. day defined as the time it takes the earth to rotate 360 degrees
- 5. angle created by viewing an object from two lines of view
- 6. time of year when the sun strikes either the tropic of Cancer or Capricorn at a right angle
- 8. an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern
- 10. there are 60 of these in a degree
- 12. 9.46 trillion kilometers
- 15. home galaxy
- 16. the horizontal angular coordinate from geographic North to locate celestial bodies
- 17. spinning of celestial bodies on an axis
Down
- 1. continuous change in the orientation of the earth's rotational axis
- 2. the orbital plane where all the planets orbit the sun
- 4. there are 3600 of these in a degree
- 5. 3.26 light years
- 7. a point in the sky directly over head
- 9. angle from the horizon to a celestial body
- 11. orbital motion of planets or satellites
- 13. "equal night". The time when the sun strikes the equator at a right angle
- 14. 149 million kilometers