Foss Reading: A Tour of the Solar System

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Across
  1. 1. sometimes called a dirt snowball; orbit the sun in long, oval paths
  2. 4. smallest of all the gas giants
  3. 5. contains 99.8% of all mass in the Solar System
  4. 6. planet with a surface of red soil made of iron oxide (rust)
  5. 7. planet with rings made of ice and rock
  6. 9. planet covered with thousands of craters
  7. 11. chunks of iron and rock
  8. 12. was once a planet but is now considered a dwarf planet
Down
  1. 1. dwarf planet found in the Asteroid Belt
  2. 2. very hot planet; one of the hottest places in the Solar System
  3. 3. planet with many storms, including one known as the Great Red Spot
  4. 8. planet that appears blue because of its methane gas in the atmosphere
  5. 10. has an atmosphere made of nitrogen and oxygen