planets of the solar system
Across
- 2. each of the four divisions of the year
- 10. imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
- 11. force that pulls a body toward earth
- 12. angular distance of a body's hour circle east of the vernal equinox
- 13. a large body of matter in orbit around the sun or a star
- 14. the sun, earth,and moon in alignment
- 16. the action of rotating around an axis or center
- 19. the point in the orbit of a planet
- 20. angular distance of a place east or west
- 25. distance from the earth to the sun
- 27. celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course
- 28. the action or process of moving or being moved
- 29. angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
- 32. the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
- 33. space of partial illumination
- 35. meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere
- 36. a small rocky body orbiting the sun
- 38. relating to or belonging to a planet or planets
- 40. large round object that circles the Earth
- 41. action or process of conveying
- 43. optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer
- 44. Earth and other planets revolve around Sun
- 45. frozen gases, rock and dust
Down
- 1. kind of radiation including different wave lengths
- 3. time of new and full moon when the Sun and Moon are in syzygy
- 4. center of the earth
- 5. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator
- 6. the point in the orbit of a planet
- 7. smaller than a regular planet
- 8. fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large
- 9. moon during the lunar cycle between the new moon and the full moon
- 15. celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
- 17. an atmospheric phenomenon
- 18. moon gets between Earth and the sun
- 21. phase between a new moon and a full moon
- 22. angular distance of a body north or south of the celestial equator
- 23. the star around which the earth orbits
- 24. conspicuous configurations of objects or creatures in the sky
- 26. period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other
- 30. part of a shadow in which all light from a given source
- 31. single-stranded sequence of DNA or RNA
- 34. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor
- 37. eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
- 39. alternate rising and falling of the sea
- 42. squashed circle with two focus points