Solar System
Across
- 4. a small space rock moving through a solar system
- 8. a small body made of rock and metal that orbits the sun typically in the inner solar system
- 10. a large body that orbits around the sun
- 11. to move in a circular course or orbit
Down
- 1. Belt, a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice
- 2. a natural satellite of a planet; an object that revolves around a planet
- 3. system, the collection of all the objects in orbit around the sun
- 5. the path an object takes as it travels around a star or a planet
- 6. belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that contains many asteroids
- 7. small body made of ice, dust and gas that that orbits the sun typically in the outer solar system
- 9. planet, a body that resembles a small planet but lacks certain criteria needed for it to be classed as a planet