Our Solar System
Across
- 2. planet after Saturn and before Neptune
- 3. the unit of force
- 4. said that Earth in center of solar system
- 6. number of AU's from Sun to Earth
- 9. its in the middle of our Solar System
- 15. technically a dwarf planet, Mickey Mouse named his dog after it!
- 16. how Greeks first described planets
- 18. an object in orbit
- 19. a measure of one rotation for a planet
- 20. gravity will be like this with larger masses and smaller distances
- 23. 2nd largest planet in our Solar System
- 26. name of our star
- 27. planet closest to Sun
- 29. largest planet in our Solar System
- 31. gas giants have A LOT of them
- 33. stuff between Mars and Jupiter that didn't have enough mass for a planet
- 35. shape of orbits
- 36. he was first to propose that planets orbit the Sun
- 38. orbiting the Sun
Down
- 1. a measure of distance used in our solar system
- 5. spinning about axis
- 7. the plane that all planets orbit the Sun upon
- 8. last planet in our Solar System
- 9. Sun and all of the objects that are bound by gravity to the Sun
- 10. all gas giants have them
- 11. planet we can see now, VERY BRIGHT!
- 12. forward motion of an object
- 13. a massive object orbiting a star, like our Sun
- 14. Earth just has one
- 17. a measure of one revolution for a planet
- 21. the type of planets that are closest to the Sun
- 22. the type of planets furthest from the Sun
- 24. the direction all planets revolve
- 25. the Sun has the most and it keeps our planets in orbit
- 28. planet between Mercury and Earth
- 30. imaginary line that passes through the center of a planet from pole to. pole
- 32. our planet
- 34. sometimes called the red planet
- 37. the element that makes Mars red