moon

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Across
  1. 5. The Moon has a very thin and weak ______
  2. 7. when the far side of the Moon has full sunlight
  3. 9. moons __________________is about 1,080 miles
  4. 10. the moon is moderating our home planet's _______ on its axis
  5. 11. has a thickness of about 43 miles
  6. 13. name of earth's moon
  7. 15. solid, iron-rich
  8. 16. discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610
  9. 17. the hemisphere we never see from Earth
  10. 18. more than 52 miles (85 kilometers) wide
Down
  1. 1. rotating at the same rate that it revolves around
  2. 2. Jupiter has _______ moons
  3. 3. The brightest and largest object in our night sky
  4. 4. a rubble pile of charcoal-gray, powdery dust, and rocky debris
  5. 6. the hemisphere of the Moon we can see from Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun
  6. 8. extends from the top of the partially molten layer to the bottom of the Moon's crust
  7. 12. Latin for seas
  8. 14. moon related