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- 2. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- 5. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water.
- 8. the action of rotating around an axis or center.
- 9. a large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or the moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body.
- 10. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
- 12. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 13. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.
- 15. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
- 17. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 19. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
- 21. a distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development.
- 23. an imaginary line about which a body rotates
- 25. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.
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- 1. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
- 3. a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information.
- 4. The scientific law that states every object in the universe attracts every other object
- 6. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
- 7. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.
- 9. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
- 11. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
- 14. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
- 16. either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.
- 18. a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 19. an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 20. the time or date twice each year at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
- 22. Dark flat areas on the moon surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
- 24. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.