Across
- 4. The bending of light as it moves from one material to another
- 8. A grouping of gas, dust, and many starts, plus any objects that orbit those stars
- 9. A low, bowl shaped area on the surface of a planet or moon
- 11. An event that occurs when one object in space passes through the shadow of another object in space
- 12. One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth
- 13. Any natural body that revolves around a planet
- 15. To spin on an axis
- 16. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles
- 17. The star at the center of our solar system
Down
- 1. A body that revolves around a star
- 2. Everything that exists, including such things as starts, planets, gas, dust, and energy
- 3. An imaginary line around Earth equally distant from the North and South Poles
- 5. A pattern of starts, named after a mythological or relgious figure , an object, or an animal
- 6. The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another
- 7. A huge ball of very hot gases in space
- 10. To travel in a closed path
- 14. A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it
