planets of the solar system

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