Sky Science-Keely Yoshihara
Across
- 3. The movement of one object around another object.
- 5. Earth's natural satellite.
- 6. The lit part of the moon is getting smaller.
- 7. More than half of the moon is lit.
- 10. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.
- 13. Chunks of rock and metal in outer space that orbit the sun.
Down
- 1. The earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon.
- 2. Less than half of the moon is lit.
- 4. The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun together with asteroids,meteorites,and comets.
- 8. A medium size star that is at the center of our solar system and provides us with sunlight and heat
- 9. The spinning of an object on it's axis.
- 11. A smaller celestial body that is made from dust,ice,and small rocky particles.
- 12. The lit part of the moon is getting bigger.