Astronomy Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The planet farthest from the sun with the longest year (248 earth years) (now called a "dwarf planet")
  2. 5. Found between Mars and Jupiter
  3. 9. The red planet due to iron oxide
  4. 10. The shape of a planets's orbit
  5. 13. First planet to be located with the help of a telescope
  6. 14. The planet closest to the sun with the shortest year (88 earth days)
  7. 15. The largest planet with the shortest day (one day every 10 hours)
Down
  1. 1. The distance light travels in one Earth year (about 6 trillion miles)
  2. 3. Planet in our solar system that is less dense than water
  3. 4. The phase of the moon where the moon cannot be seen
  4. 6. Caused when the moon blocks out the sun or the earth blocks out the moon
  5. 7. The planet with the hottest surface temperature
  6. 8. Planet with 13 known moons
  7. 11. Star that is 93 million miles from earth
  8. 12. A place where no molecules are present