Components of the Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. The Gas Giants are also called _____.
  2. 5. A system consisting of a large number of stars bound together by gravity.
  3. 7. We call it a shooting star.
  4. 10. A large celestial object that has become rounded due to its gravity and has cleared its nearby region of other smaller objects.
  5. 11. A meteor that reaches the ground.
  6. 12. A small rocky object that orbits the Sun that has broken off from a comet or asteroid.
Down
  1. 1. consist of the Sun, planets, dwarf planets, moons, comets, asteroids etc.
  2. 3. Pluto, Makemake, Haumea and Eris are examples of _______
  3. 4. a celestial body made of rock and metal that orbits the Sun.
  4. 6. An area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where millions asteroids orbit the Sun.
  5. 8. everything that exists including the stars, planets, matter, energy and time.
  6. 9. A celestial body made of ice and rock that orbits the Sun.