Crossword lab

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Across
  1. 5. An object that orbits a planet
  2. 7. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
  3. 8. an imaginary line that passes through a planets center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates
  4. 11. the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
  5. 14. a system of organizing time that define the beginning, length, and divisions of a year
  6. 17. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and the moon
  7. 19. The attractive force between objects
  8. 21. a pattern of grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or an object
  9. 23. a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit
  10. 24. The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
  11. 25. either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
  12. 27. dark, flat areas on the moons surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
Down
  1. 1. either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
  2. 2. the scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
  3. 3. a chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller then an asteroid
  4. 4. the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
  5. 6. a ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium that undergoes nuclear fusion
  6. 9. the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and the earth
  7. 10. one of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from earth
  8. 12. the movement of an object around another object
  9. 13. an object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit
  10. 15. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
  11. 16. the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
  12. 18. a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
  13. 20. the spinning motion of a planet on its axis
  14. 22. a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in earths atmosphere
  15. 26. the darkest part of a shadow