ASTRONOMY
Across
- 2. Greek for “Circle of Animals”
- 5. Event where the sun is directly overhead at noon as seen from Earth’s equator
- 7. One of Jupiter’s Moons
- 8. Star ending its life in a huge explosion
- 10. Ionization trail produced by meteoroid as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere
- 16. Changing illumination of the Moon over time
- 17. Seventh sign of the zodiac symbolized by scales or balance
- 18. Point on the sky that is directly overhead
- 19. Vast collection of stars, gas and dust
- 20. Scientific Study of the Celestial Objects and their Phenomena
Down
- 1. Benefic Fixed Star in the 10th degree of Sagittarius; One of the four royal stars
- 3. Largest planet in the Solar System
- 4. Grouping of Stars
- 6. Event when the Sun reaches its maximum declination
- 9. Study of stars
- 11. Means “moon”
- 12. Dirty snowball of ice and rocky debris
- 13. Event that occurs when the shadow of a planet or moon falls upon a second body
- 14. Region of indistinct nebulosity
- 15. Galaxy where the Solar System belongs