Chapter 7 - The Planets

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Across
  1. 3. The path of the sun and the planets that includes the zodiac constellations
  2. 6. A conjunction When one of the inferior or superior planets is on the far side of the Sun from Earth, lost in the Sun's glare.
  3. 8. This astronomer promoted heliocentrism and was the first to report telescopic findings of craters on the Moon, Jupiter's moons, and Saturn's rings.
  4. 12. Planets farther from the sun than the earth (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
  5. 13. This is the brightest superior planet (2nd brightest planet) in our night sky.
  6. 15. A conjunction when two planets or a planet and a star have a close approach.
  7. 17. A conjunction when one of the inferior planets (Mercury or Venus) is between the Earth and the Sun, lost in the Sun's glare.
  8. 18. a point in a planet's motion where it appears to stops and stay in place before reversing direction.
Down
  1. 1. Means "to be far from". A planet's apparent separation from the Sun​.
  2. 2. The point when a superior planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun.
  3. 4. Means "Joined together". When two celestial bodies lie along the same line of sight, so that they appear near each other in the sky.
  4. 5. The point where an inferior planet is as far away from the Sun as it can be (as seen from the Earth).
  5. 7. This is the brightest planet in the night sky.
  6. 9. planets closer to the sun than earth (Mercury and Venus)
  7. 10. when a superior planet is 1/4 of the way around the zodiac from the Sun
  8. 11. The hiding of a celestial body when another celestial body passes in front of it.
  9. 14. Type of motion when a planet appears to move backwards.
  10. 16. A conjunction when the Moon closely approaches a planet or star in the sky