Heavenly Sphere
NAME_________________________________________Class
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Heavenly Sphere
NAME_________________________________________Class
Days____ AM____ PM____
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Across 1.
Celestial wanderer 4.
Vertical circle that touches the celestial pole 8.
Pertaining to the nearest "wanderer" 9.
Great circle right between the poles 10.
Unit of time based on lunar phases 12.
Period of time related to our orbit 13.
Decreasing (lunar) elongation, approaching new phase 14.
Shadowing of one celestial body by another 17.
Closest separation between two planets 18.
Close to the earth's rotation period (Two words) 19.
The path of the sun on the celestial sphere 20.
The point on the celestial sphere about which it rotates 21.
Celestial analog of longitude (Two words) 22.
Motion to the west on the celestial sphere 23. Period between two like aspects e.g. two full moons |
Down 2.
Angular distance above the horizon 3.
Darkest part of the shadow of a planet 5.
Movement with respect to the celestial sphere (Two words) 6.
Angular distance from the celestial equator 7.
Where meridian and horizon meet under Polaris 11.
Great circle parallel to the surface of a liquid 15.
Lunar-solar aspect (Appearance from a point of view) 16.
The class of planets that can reach opposition 20. The direction of the proper motion of the sun and moon |