Across
- 6. The movement of an object around another object
- 9. A system of organizing time that defines the beginning
- 10. A ball of hot gas
- 12. Dark flat areas on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
- 14. The blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the earth and sun
- 17. A pattern of grouping of stars
- 20. A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
- 21. Ether of the two day of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilled toward or a away from the sun
- 23. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 24. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and the moon
- 25. A chuck of rock or dust in space generally smaller than an asteroid
Down
- 1. An object the orbits a star
- 2. One of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seem from earth
- 3. The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
- 4. The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 5. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun
- 7. The darkest part of the shadow
- 8. An object that orbits a planet
- 11. The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
- 13. The spinning motion of planets on its axis
- 15. An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center
- 16. Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches it greater distance
- 18. The attractive force between objects the force that moves object downhill
- 19. A streak of light in the sky
- 22. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 26. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
- 27. The path of an object as it revolves around another
