Solar System
Across
- 3. an occurrence during which the Moon moves into the Earth's Shadow
- 5. the attractive force between all objects having mass
- 8. a nearly spherical object that orbits the Sun, but shares its orbital path with other objects of similar size
- 9. an occurrence during which the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface
- 10. the motion of one object around another
- 13. a day when Earth's Rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun
Down
- 1. a huge collection of gas, dust, and stars held together by gravity
- 2. in 1500's proposed that Earth orbits the Sun as a Heliocentric model
- 4. day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun
- 6. the line on which an object rotates
- 7. in 1600's Discovered that planets' orbits are ellipses and not circles
- 11. the path an object follows as it moves around another object
- 12. a spinning motion