Eclipses - Mr. H

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Across
  1. 2. many ancient and contemporary cultures, including the _________, used a Solar Eclipse as a message from their gods.
  2. 3. dont _____ at a solar eclipse. You will burn your retnas
  3. 6. space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light.
  4. 7. a conical (cone shaped) shadow excluding all light from a given source
  5. 8. the part of your eye you will damage when looking into a Solar Eclipse and possibly go blind.
  6. 12. type of eclipse when the moon blocks the sun
  7. 14. how long it takes a planet to get around the sun or a moon around its planet
  8. 15. general position of planets; sometimes perfectly, most times not.
  9. 16. positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
  10. 19. not straight up and down, a slight angle.
  11. 20. (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
  12. 21. an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured (blocked)
Down
  1. 1. position not an exact location, but pretty close.
  2. 2. Some think its made of cheese, but its not. Also something you can see at night and sometimes during the day.
  3. 4. type of eclipse when the Earth blocks the moon
  4. 5. growing with light until a full moon is reached
  5. 9. - you should use some sort of ___________ when looking at a Solar Eclipse
  6. 10. the big star that the Earth orbits
  7. 11. plane the imaginary plane containing the Earth's orbit around the sun.
  8. 13. not full
  9. 17. the place that humans call home. ET is not from here.
  10. 18. flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.