Astronomy Aschenbrenner 2

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Across
  1. 3. Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches the greatest distance of the north and south of the equator.
  2. 5. The darkest part of a shadow.
  3. 10. An object that orbits the planet.
  4. 12. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.
  5. 13. The part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part.
  6. 16. The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean.
  7. 19. blocking of the sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth.
  8. 20. The path of an object as it revolves around another objects space.
  9. 23. A grouping or pattern of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or object.
  10. 25. A system of organizing time that defines the beginning,length,and divisions of the year.
  11. 26. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
Down
  1. 1. An imaginary line that passes through a planets center and its North and South poles at which the center rotates.
  2. 2. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another.
  3. 4. The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
  4. 6. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
  5. 7. A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.
  6. 8. The blocking of the sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.
  7. 9. An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity.
  8. 11. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun,typically in a long,narrow orbit.
  9. 14. The movement of an object around another object.
  10. 15. One of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from earth.
  11. 17. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of the meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  12. 18. Dark,flat areas on the moon surface.
  13. 21. chunck of rock or dust in space.
  14. 22. A ball of hot gas,primarily hydrogen and helium,that undergoes nuclear fashion.
  15. 24. The attracted force between objects.
  16. 27. Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is titled toward or away from the sun.