Side B
Across
- 2. the point directly overhead
- 5. two words; this stripped away atmosphere of Mars
- 7. greek astronomer who introduced magnitude
- 8. apparent backward motion
- 12. came up with laws of planetary motion
- 14. archer constellation
- 15. two words; northern lights
- 16. two words; a black hole has this
- 17. constellation. contains tarantula nebula.
- 21. zero line for longitude
- 22. caused by meteorites
- 24. saturn is famous for these
- 25. two words; common end product of stellar evolution
- 26. source of power in stars
- 27. nodding motion
- 29. popularized the apparrent paradox of why the night sky is not bright
- 30. two words; diameter of light shaft exiting an eyepiece
- 32. north-south arc in the sky; the M in AM/PM
- 33. a moon of mars
- 35. the moon’s gravity causes these on earth
Down
- 1. largest moon in the solar system
- 3. occurs in between solstices
- 4. a point of infinite density and zero volume
- 6. such charges produce EM waves
- 9. apparent to-and-fro motion of the moon’s face
- 10. Greek astronomer. Measured the circumference of the Earth.
- 11. also called ‘oligarchs’ because they controll their surroundings
- 13. two words; final phase of Solar System’s formation
- 18. two words; our sun is here on the HR diagram
- 19. two words; ‘line of sight’ double stars
- 20. equation that estimates the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy
- 23. two words; average sun-earth distance
- 28. huge, gravitationally bound cluster of stars, dust, gas
- 31. common name for M101
- 34. famous constellation. hunter.