Astronomy Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a star in a spiral arm
  2. 4. chunks of rocks that burn up in the planet's atmosphere
  3. 5. the spinning of a planet on its axis
  4. 8. mostly made of rock,ice,methane and dust
  5. 9. eclipse occurs when earth passes directly between the sun and moon blocking the sun's light that earth's shadow hits the moon casting a shadow hits the moon casting a shadow over the moon
  6. 10. way the galaxy we live in
Down
  1. 1. most are rocky bodies that orbit the asteroid belt
  2. 3. the curved path of celestial object or spacecraft around a star,planet,or moon
  3. 6. eclipse occurs when earth passes directly between the sun and earth blocking the sun's light
  4. 7. the movement of a circular or elliptical course.