Space Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs
  2. 4. the movement of one object around another
  3. 5. Radius planet’s distance from the Sun
  4. 9. theory that the Earth is the centre of the universe
  5. 10. When the moon is getting smaller every night
  6. 11. Spectrum when light is separated into a continuous rainbow based on wavelength
  7. 13. As the moon appears to grow from a non-existent new moon to a crescent to a full moon
  8. 14. Is the apparent backward motion of a planet caused by its being lapped by another planet
Down
  1. 1. the amount of solar radiation received by the Earth or another planet
  2. 2. the angle at which the sun’s rays strike a particular location on Earth
  3. 6. The study of objects and phenomena in space
  4. 7. the theory that the planets evolve around a fixed sun
  5. 8. The study of the origin and changes of universe
  6. 12. is the spinning of an object around its axis