Across
- 5. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
- 6. dark,flat area on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows.
- 8. a distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development.
- 9. an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 10. a asteroid
- 12. 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.
- 15. 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.
- 18. 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.
- 19. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.
- 20. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.
- 22. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
- 23. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
Down
- 1. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that a particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.
- 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.
- 3. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
- 4. 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
- 7. a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information.
- 9. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.
- 11. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
- 13. 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
- 14. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 16. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 17. a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 21. the action of rotating around an axis or center.
