Across
- 1. A cavity on the surface of Moon caused by an impact of a solid object
- 3. When a full-moon or new-moon appears when Moon is at its farthest distance from Earth (apogee), it appears smaller in size. It is also called as …-moon.
- 4. The regularly observable phenomena on Earth caused due to the revolution of Moon
- 7. Moon is also known as … in Latin
- 8. Name of the hypothesized Mars-sized planet that is said to be collided with Gaia (the early-earth) that resulted in the formation of Moon 4.5 billion years ago
- 10. NASA’s space programme to send crewed space missions to Moon
Down
- 1. Name of the India’s first mission to Moon
- 2. A unit of time defined by a natural period related to the motion of Moon
- 3. Plural of a Latin name (meaning ‘sea’) for large, dark Basaltic plains on Moon
- 5. This compound is found in large amount (around 45%) on the surface of Moon.
- 6. Name of one of the prominent features on the visible surface of Moon named after an astronomer who discovered swaying in the inclination of the plane of the Moon’s orbit relative to the ecliptic (plane of the earth’s orbit)
- 9. Name of the space module Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on Moon.