Across
- 6. Everything that exists, including all energy, matter, and space
- 8. A celestial object that orbits a planet or dwarf planet
- 10. A massive collection of gases, held together by its own gravity and emitting huge amounts of energy
- 14. A large, round celestial object that travels around a star
- 15. A grouping of stars, as observed from Earth
- 16. The time of year when the hours of daylight equal the hours of darkness
- 17. A darkening of a celestial object due to the position of another celestial object
- 18. An astronomical event that occurs two times each year, when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the position of the Sun in the sky to appear to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme
Down
- 1. Producing and giving off light; shining
- 2. A chunk of ice and dust that travels in a very long orbit around the Sun
- 3. The closed path of a celestial object or satellite as it travels around another celestial object
- 4. The horizontal angular distance from north measured eastward along the horizon to a point directly below a celestial body
- 5. Dark spots appear on the Sun’s surface that are cooler than the area surrounding them
- 7. The path across the sky that the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the zodiac constellations appear to follow over the course of a year
- 9. The angular height a celestial object appears to be above the horizon; measured vertically from the horizon
- 11. The changing direction of Earth’s axis
- 12. The scientific study of what is beyond Earth
- 13. A huge, rotating collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars, planets, and other celestial objects
- 19. The alternate rising and falling of the surface of large bodies of water; caused by the interaction between Earth, the Moon, and the Sun