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