Other Members of the Solar System
Across
- 7. A name for the four outer, gaseous planets
- 9. A celestial body that orbits a star or stellar remnant
- 10. Nearest planet to the sun
- 11. A natural satellite in orbit around a larger celestial body
- 12. 16 down before it enters the Earth's atmosphere
- 15. Fifth-largest planet
- 19. The name for the four planets closest to the sun
- 20. An area of space beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 21. A sphere of gas and plasma held together by gravity
Down
- 1. known as dirty snowballs
- 2. Milky-Way, e.g.
- 3. The star at the center of our solar system
- 4. Largest moon in our solar system
- 5. Planet discovered by William Herschell in 1781
- 6. Dwarf planet that used to be classified as a planet
- 8. Small celestial body composed of rock and metal
- 12. a small, rocky object from space that is heated up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
- 13. A cloud of icy planetesimals
- 14. Known as the red planet
- 16. Second largest planet in our solar system
- 17. Largest planet
- 18. “Evening Star”