Reasons for Reasons

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Across
  1. 3. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
  2. 6. a half of the earth, usually divided into northern and southern halves by the equator
  3. 7. a invisible line through the earth
  4. 9. 3 syllables 3 letters
  5. 11. the natural satellite of the earth, visible by the reflected light from the sun
  6. 12. regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
  7. 13. the star around which the earth orbits.
  8. 15. the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn
Down
  1. 1. solstice/ at the time of the longest day, about June 21 in the northern hemisphere and December 22 in the southern hemisphere.
  2. 2. solstice/ at the time of the shortest day, about December 22 in the northern hemisphere and June 21 in the southern hemisphere.
  3. 4. 4 syllables 4 letters
  4. 5. time/ the time of darkness
  5. 8. each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)
  6. 10. system/ the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
  7. 14. star/ the anchor of the northern sky