Solar Eclipses 🙂

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Across
  1. 1. The darkest part of a shadow, where the light source is completely blocked.
  2. 3. This celestial event occurs when one object in space blocks another from view.
  3. 7. The second of the three main layers in the sun’s atmosphere, visible during an eclipse.
  4. 8. The sun’s outer atmosphere, visible during a total solar eclipse.
  5. 9. This celestial body causes a solar eclipse when it passes between the Earth and the sun.
  6. 10. The approximately 18-year period over which similar eclipses repeat.
  7. 12. A type of solar eclipse where the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun, leaving a ring of light.
  8. 14. A solar eclipse where the moon only partially obscures the sun.
Down
  1. 2. The effect seen just before and after totality when the sun shines through the moon’s valleys.
  2. 4. The effect just before and after totality when only one Baily’s Bead is visible.
  3. 5. The lighter part of a shadow where the light source is only partially blocked.
  4. 6. The track of the moon’s shadow on Earth during a total solar eclipse.
  5. 11. Pertaining to the sun.
  6. 13. The brief period during an eclipse when one object is completely obscured.