characteristics of the solar system
Across
- 3. the Roman goddess of love and beauty
- 5. has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
- 6. The supreme god; Jove; Sky, heaven; God of the sky
- 7. "the ice giant"
- 10. probe has been orbiting Mercury since March, 2011.
- 13. small,rocky objects that orbit the Sun
- 14. is the second largest dwarf planet.
Down
- 1. between Mars and Jupiter
- 2. a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending far beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 4. collected data as it rolled over the Martian surface in 2012
- 8. the sky personified as a god and father of the Titans in Greek mythology
- 9. the only plant to have oxygen
- 11. The fourth planet from the Sun
- 12. this plant has no atmosphere
- 15. a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium