solar system
Across
- 2. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large
- 4. a celestial body distinguished from the fixed stars by having an apparent motion of its own
- 5. system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
- 7. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
- 8. Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun
- 9. The fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest in the solar system, with a diameter about half that of Earth.
- 12. the planet on which we live
- 13. The seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest, with a diameter about four times that of Earth
Down
- 1. a path described by one body in its revolution about another
- 2. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
- 3. ice cap. a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land
- 6. a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium
- 7. the smallest planet in the solar system
- 10. the sixth planet from the Sun
- 11. the second planet from the Sun, and the sixth largest planet