PLANETS

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Across
  1. 3. Now classified as a dwarf planet, it's a small icy body in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, once considered the ninth planet.
  2. 4. An ice giant that appears pale blue and rotates on its side, unique among planets.
  3. 6. Largest planet, a gas giant with swirling clouds, the famous Great Red Spot (a massive storm), and many moons.
  4. 8. Smallest planet extreme temperatures
Down
  1. 1. Famous for its stunning, prominent ring system made of ice and rock; another gas giant.
  2. 2. Earth's "sister planet" in size, hottest planet with a dense, toxic atmosphere.
  3. 5. The farthest planet, a deep blue ice giant with the solar system's fastest winds.
  4. 7. Our home, the only known planet to harbor life, with liquid water and a breathable atmosphere.
  5. 8. The "Red Planet," known for its rusty iron soil, volcanoes, canyons, and thin atmosphere; potential for past water.