Science City Space Month

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Across
  1. 3. Nicknamed "The Red Planet"
  2. 7. This planet has a highly visible system of rings and a hexagonal north pole
  3. 9. An object in orbit around a planet or other world
  4. 10. Closest planet to the Sun
  5. 12. A dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930
  6. 13. A large, hot, gaseous ball that produces its own light
  7. 14. The hottest planet
  8. 15. Makes one revolution every 365 days
Down
  1. 1. The largest planet in the Solar System
  2. 2. Gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and more
  3. 4. The Sun and all the objects that orbit it
  4. 5. Acronym for the most recent space telescope launched, has golden hexagonal mirrors
  5. 6. Telescope launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, a pioneering space telescope
  6. 8. This windy planet gets its bluish hue from the presence of methane
  7. 11. The coldest planet in the Solar System