Space and Motion #1

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Across
  1. 5. the motion of one object around another object
  2. 6. when the moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface
  3. 8. small rocky particles that move through space
  4. 9. the path an object follow as it moves around another object
  5. 11. a spinning motion
  6. 12. a spherical object that orbits the sun
  7. 13. the attractive force between all objects having mass
  8. 14. when meteoroids pass through Earth's atmosphere, they burn up because of friction and are see as streaks of light in the sky
  9. 15. a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward now away from the sun
  10. 16. the portion of the moon or a planet reflecting light as seen from Earth
Down
  1. 1. When the moon moves into Earth's shadow
  2. 2. mixtures of rocks, ice, and dust
  3. 3. chunks of rock and ice that never clumped together like the rocks and ice that formed the inner planets
  4. 4. huge collections of gas, dust, and stars held together by gravity
  5. 7. If a meteor doesn't completely burn up, it can impact the planets surface
  6. 10. a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the sun
  7. 11. the line on which an object rotates