Across
- 2. angle between an object's axis of rotation and its orbital axis, perpendicular to the orbital plane
- 5. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 6. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
- 9. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 10. light blocked by an object
- 11. when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth, but the Moon only partially covers the Sun's disk.
- 12. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
- 13. a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium
- 14. the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course
Down
- 1. 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.
- 2. when the Moon completely covers the Sun's disk
- 3. an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star
- 4. when a portion of the Moon passes through the Earth's umbral shadow
- 7. 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.
- 8. the action of spinning around an axis or center.