Across
- 2. an object that orbits a star, large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity
- 4. the periodic rise and fall of the ocean level
- 6. a object that circles a planet
- 7. the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly in between the sun and earth
- 11. a ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium
- 12. the blocking of sunlight to the moon when the earth is in between the moon and the sun
- 13. a loose clump of ice and dust that orbits the sun
- 15. the darkest part of a shadow
- 16. a chunk of rock or dust in space smaller than asteroid
- 17. dark flat areas on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
Down
- 1. the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 3. a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteor
- 5. the partial or total bocking of an object in space by another
- 6. the tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 8. a pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent an object or figure
- 9. one of the different apparent shapes of the moon that the sun makes
- 10. the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 14. a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in earth's atmosphere
