Astronamy Crossword Sheet

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Across
  1. 2. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the Earth or Moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse
  2. 5. is an instrument that collects electromagnet radiation from the sky and concentrates it for better observation
  3. 8. the fully shaded portion of the moon you can see getting smaller
  4. 9. a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet
  5. 10. a change in the sunlit area of one celestial body falls on another
  6. 11. the average distance between the Earth and sun
  7. 14. also know as a dirty snowball
  8. 16. the sun at the center of the universe
  9. 17. the study of the universe
Down
  1. 1. a region of the sky that contains a reconizable star pattern that is used to descride the location of objects in space.
  2. 3. the event that started the milky way universe
  3. 4. the earth at the center of the universe
  4. 6. the sunlit portion of the moon that we can see getting bigger
  5. 7. the belt between Mars and Jupiter
  6. 12. the distance that light travels in a year
  7. 13. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
  8. 15. and meteor when it enters Earths atmosphere