Eclipse Crossword

Marie Sykes

masykes@ursinus.edu

 

Across

  • 4. the name for 100% eclipse coverage
  • 7. if you buy these eclipse glasses ____ and look at the solar eclipse, you may incur eye damage
  • 8. a Pisan astronomer and mathematician punished for heliocentric beliefs
  • 10. the new restaurant that opened up on the moon has fantastic food but no _____
  • 14. the hypothetical planet beyond Neptune that may be the mass of six Earths
  • 15. is Pluto a planet? (emotionally)

 

Down

  • 1. the moon is slowly ____ away from the Earth and slowing down its rotation
  • 2. is Pluto a planet? (scientifically)
  • 3. a lunar crater featured in the last issue of the Grizzly
  • 5. state which will see a total solar eclipse in 2033
  • 6. number of planets in the solar system
  • 9. the moon is about _% the mass of the Earth
  • 11. the number of years until the next total solar eclipse in mainland US
  • 12. currency used in space (Joke Courtesy of Margie Connor)
  • 13. some ancient people would interpret eclipses as an ____

 

 


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