Across
- 2. one of the different shapes on the moon seen from earth
- 3. anything that has to do with the sun
- 5. occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun
- 7. the president who launch an enormous program of space exploration
- 10. an Italian astronomer who made his own telescope
- 13. a force that pulls on the moon and earth toward each other
- 14. is a measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees north and south
- 16. means equal night and day
- 17. the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 18. the part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 21. occurs at a full moon when earth is directly between the moon and the sun
- 22. the star that helped the Egyptians predict each year flood
- 23. the movement of one object around another object
- 24. a device built to study distant objects by making them seem closes
- 25. the imaginary line though the middle of earth
Down
- 1. round pits on the moons surface
- 4. occurs around march 21
- 6. occurs when an object comes between the sun and a third object
- 8. anything that has to do with the moon
- 9. the two days of the year when on which the noon sun is directly overhead at 23.5 degrees north or south
- 11. occurs around September 23
- 12. the first to create a calendar
- 15. dark flat areas on the moon
- 19. the darkest part of the moons shadow
- 20. the study of the moon stars and other objects in space
- 24. rise and fall of earths water
