Across
- 2. many ancient and contemporary cultures, including the _________, used a Solar Eclipse as a message from their gods.
- 3. dont _____ at a solar eclipse. You will burn your retnas
- 6. space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light.
- 7. a conical (cone shaped) shadow excluding all light from a given source
- 8. the part of your eye you will damage when looking into a Solar Eclipse and possibly go blind.
- 12. type of eclipse when the moon blocks the sun
- 14. how long it takes a planet to get around the sun or a moon around its planet
- 15. general position of planets; sometimes perfectly, most times not.
- 16. positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
- 19. not straight up and down, a slight angle.
- 20. (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
- 21. an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured (blocked)
Down
- 1. position not an exact location, but pretty close.
- 2. Some think its made of cheese, but its not. Also something you can see at night and sometimes during the day.
- 4. type of eclipse when the Earth blocks the moon
- 5. growing with light until a full moon is reached
- 9. - you should use some sort of ___________ when looking at a Solar Eclipse
- 10. the big star that the Earth orbits
- 11. plane the imaginary plane containing the Earth's orbit around the sun.
- 13. not full
- 17. the place that humans call home. ET is not from here.
- 18. flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.