Across
- 4. the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- 5. is the plane of earth's orbit.
- 8. refers the object's orbital motion around another object.
- 9. occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight.
Down
- 1. Describes the rotation of an object that always shows the same face to an object that it is orbiting because its rotation period and orbital period are equal.
- 2. occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned with Earth between the other two, and only on the night of a full moon
- 3. the sun is overhead at the farthest distance either north or south of the equator.
- 6. the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth.
- 7. is when the sun is directly over the equator.
