Space Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. when the moon blocks our view of the sun or vice versa
  2. 5. the path an object takes while it is revolving
  3. 9. a star and all the planets that orbit it
  4. 11. a smaller representation of something
  5. 13. the rise and fall of the sea level due to the gravity of the moon and sun
  6. 14. the part of the moon that we can see on a given night
  7. 15. to move around an object
  8. 16. the imaginary line that something rotates around
  9. 17. a large group of stars that are connected by gravity
Down
  1. 1. any human-made object sent into space
  2. 2. a sequence (set) of events that repeats
  3. 4. a ratio of the size of an object to the size of a model of that object
  4. 6. a sloping position
  5. 7. to spin around a single point
  6. 8. something that occurs repeatedly and predictably
  7. 10. the cycle of the moon's phases at it orbits around the Earth
  8. 11. a part of the year marked by particular weather patterns
  9. 12. a natural force that pulls two objects towards each other
  10. 14. the amount of matter (stuff) in an object