Astronomy Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
  2. 5. The movement of an object around another object
  3. 7. A basalt plain on the moon that appears darker
  4. 8. Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
  5. 10. Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
  6. 13. When the moon moves into Earth's shadow
  7. 17. A model of the universe with Earth in the center
  8. 19. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis
  9. 20. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
Down
  1. 1. The lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth
  2. 3. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
  3. 4. When the moon is directly between the sun and Earth, blocking the view of the sun from Earth
  4. 6. An object that orbits a planet
  5. 9. Another word for moon
  6. 11. A model of the solar system with the planets revolving around the sun
  7. 12. The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
  8. 14. The darkest part of a shadow
  9. 15. The moon between new and full moon, when the lit area increases
  10. 16. The moon between full and new moon, when the lit area decreases
  11. 18. A large bowl-shaped depression formed by a meteorite