Regents Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. planet whose day is longer than it's year
  2. 3. space rock that didn't completely burn up
  3. 5. the closest planet to the sun
  4. 6. known as the red planet
  5. 8. space rock that burns up, creating a meteor
  6. 11. has rings of ice and dust
  7. 12. the only planet known to have life
  8. 13. this planet takes 84 years to orbit the sun
  9. 14. one day on this planet is 16 hours long
  10. 15. mass of ice & dust with a very elliptical orbit
  11. 16. the star we orbit
Down
  1. 1. has a giant spot that is actually a storm
  2. 4. moon phase where half of the moon is illuminated
  3. 6. also known as shooting stars
  4. 7. moon phase adjacent to the full moon
  5. 8. has a cycle of phases that is 29.5 days long
  6. 9. moon phase adjacent to the new moon
  7. 10. rocky mass orbiting the sun in the ______ belt