Across
- 3. small rocky or metallic body travelling through space
- 4. an icy small solar system body
- 7. the steep artificial slope below a forts parapet
- 9. type of eclipse that occurs when the moon fully or partially passes between the sun and the earth
- 10. condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum
- 11. the region of the solar system beyond the planets
- 15. or rocky planets are closest to the sun
- 16. of techniques in which waves usually electromagnetic
- 20. an area of land having a particular characteristic, purpose or use
- 22. type of optical telescope
- 26. series of many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart
- 28. the outer planets that are made of gas
- 30. occurs 2 a year around march and September
- 31. part at which planets orbit
Down
- 1. making or denoting an orbit around a celestial body
- 2. celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate or originate from one point on the night sky
- 5. object the size of a planet but that is neither a planet nor moon or other natural satellite
- 6. occurs when the moon passes directly behind the earth onto its shadow
- 8. phase of hydrogen in which it behaves as an electrical conductor
- 12. event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured
- 13. apparent motion of a planet as observed from a particular vantage point
- 14. solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks
- 17. apparent path of the sun on the celestial sphere
- 18. circular movement of an object
- 19. deviation of curve or orbit from circularity
- 21. unit of length
- 23. type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by electric current
- 24. astronomical event that occurs 2 each year
- 25. the point of the moon or satellite at which it is nearest to the earth
- 27. solid piece of debris from such sources as asteroids or comets and survives an impact with earth
- 29. the point in the elliptical orbit of greatest distance from the earth