solar system

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Across
  1. 2. takes 165 years to orbit the sun
  2. 4. a small rocky body orbiting the sun
  3. 7. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun
  4. 10. a group of stars forming a pattern
  5. 12. second biggest planet
  6. 13. the red planet
  7. 15. started on October 1, 1958, as a part of the United States government
  8. 16. the blue planet
Down
  1. 1. planet on its side with vertical rings
  2. 3. first man on moon
  3. 5. pull light from sun
  4. 6. 19 minutes after the first on moon
  5. 8. smallest planet without moons
  6. 9. closest to earth
  7. 11. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light
  8. 13. spiral galaxy
  9. 14. center of milky way galaxy