Solar System
Across
- 2. Large pieces of rock with irregular shape floating between mars and jupiter
- 5. This field of rocks lies between mars and jupiter
- 11. In 2006 this planet was classified as a dwarf planet.
- 13. The first person to walk on the moon
- 17. This planet has at least 24 moons
- 19. The first migrant farmworker to become an astronaut
- 20. A huge group of stars
- 21. A day on this planet takes slightly more than an Earth year
Down
- 1. 70% of the surface is covered by water
- 3. A small rock that usually burns up when entering the Earth's atmosphere
- 4. This occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth
- 6. One million Earths can fit inside this celestial body
- 7. This planet completed only 1 orbit around the since its discovery
- 8. This planet has the strongest pull of gravity in the Solar System
- 9. This occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and moon
- 10. A small body made out of dust, rock, gas and ice
- 12. This planet has the largest volcano in the Solar System
- 14. This object causes the tides on Earth
- 15. A force that pulls all objects toward each other
- 16. The closest planet to the sun
- 18. This is the only planet in our Solar System to rotate on its side.