Astronomy Vocab Quiz 2 Crossword
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
 
 
Down: 1) is any decrease in wavelength, with a corresponding increase in frequency, of an electromagnetic wave; the opposite effect is referred to as redshift2) is a location in space-time where the gravitational field of a celestial body becomes infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.4) a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.5) the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass6) a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year7) Pertaining to the sun10) is a series of changes in form that an organism undergoes, returning to the starting state12) of, relating to, or determined by the sun. Across: 3) of very great size or force; gigantic8) is the thermal radiation left over from the time of recombination in Big Bang cosmology9) A description of how bright a star really is; a characteristic property of a star that does not depend on the star’s distance from Earth11) the displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths (the red end of the spectrum) in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects13) of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon14) is the measure of intrinsic brightness of a celestial object
 

 

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