Movement of the Earth and Moon, and Moon Formation Vocabulary Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 11 clues. Answers range from 4 to 25 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

The path an object follows as it moves around another object
The motion of one object around another object
A spinning motion
The line on which an object rotates
The large, dark flat areas on the moon
The attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass
The appearance that objects in the night sky move against the typical direction of motion
A large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or the moon
The bright streaks around a crater
The oldest and most highly cratered regions on the moon
The pull of gravity between two objects depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them. The more mass an object has, or the closer they are to each other, the stronger the gravitational pull.