Across
- 2. average distance from earth to the sun
- 3. any prominent star pattern that isn’t a whole constellation
- 4. when the Sun is directly overhead at noon as seen from Earth’s equator
- 6. something that rarely happens
- 9. Latin for "Cloud"
- 11. An increase in meteor activity at certain times of the year
- 12. occurs when the shadow of a planet or moon falls upon a second body
Down
- 1. pattern of stars
- 5. chunk of ice and rock that orbits
- 7. the distance light travels in a year
- 8. many galaxies have these at their centers
- 10. solid body orbiting the Sun that consists of metal and rock