Crossword lab

5. An object that orbits a planet
7. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
8. an imaginary line that passes through a planets center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates
11. the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
14. a system of organizing time that define the beginning, length, and divisions of a year
17. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and the moon
19. The attractive force between objects
21. a pattern of grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or an object
23. a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit
24. The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
25. either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
27. dark, flat areas on the moons surface formed from huge ancient lava flows

1. either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
2. the scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
3. a chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller then an asteroid
4. the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
6. a ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium that undergoes nuclear fusion
9. the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and the earth
10. one of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from earth
12. the movement of an object around another object
13. an object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit
15. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
16. the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
18. a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
20. the spinning motion of a planet on its axis
22. a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in earths atmosphere
26. the darkest part of a shadow