Richard Sokthy Astronomy 2nd Period
Across
- 3. Small, solid rocky bodies that orbits close to the sun.
- 4. Planets that are close to the sun are known as..
- 5. A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
- 10. An object that orbits around a massive object in space.
- 12. Patterns of temperature changes, or weather trends over the course of an year.
- 14. A group of billions or millions of stars held together by their own gravity.
- 15. The area surrounding the darkest part of the eclipse.
- 18. The motion of one object around another object.
- 19. The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity.
- 20. Sunlight shines equally on the north and southern hemisphere.
Down
- 1. Spacecraft designed to drop into a planets atmosphere, and collects data of the gases and properties like pressure and temperature.
- 2. When an object strikes the surface of a larger object in space, it explodes and leaves behind a round pit.
- 6. Planets that are outside the asteroid belt.
- 7. A specific satellite made for the living to house in, research and experiments.
- 8. Spacecraft designed for ground operations on a planet.
- 9. A device that gathers electromagnetic radiation.
- 11. This is everything, matter, you, me, and the entire galaxy put together.
- 13. This event occurs whenever the moon crosses over with the Sun's path, causing this to happen.
- 16. The darkest part of the eclipse.
- 17. Area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in another hemisphere.