Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Celestial Mechanics and Orbital Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Celestial hybrid, too small for planetary grace, too large for asteroid status
- 2. Farthest heliocentric point; oppositional phase of orbit's heat kiss
- 5. Closest solar rendezvous; where orbiting bodies boast minimum distance to the sun
- 7. Siliceous deposit formed by solar-heated water on extraterrestrial surfaces?
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- 3. Minor solar denizen, rock-clad wanderer between Mars and Jupiter’s belt
- 4. Interstellar nurseries where stars and perhaps future solar systems coalesce
- 6. Angular dance of a planet as seen from Earth against the sun’s glare
- 8. Lunar soil sprawl, fragmented and ancient, cloaking airless worlds
- 9. Celestial equator’s solar path and zodiacal theater in the sky
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