Solar System Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The second largest planet with many rings.
  2. 8. Planet named after the Greek god of the sky with the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System.
  3. 10. The Sun and all the objects that orbit it.
  4. 13. A medium-sized rocky object orbiting the Sun.
  5. 14. Second planet from the Sun named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
  6. 15. Dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
  7. 16. The star at the center of the Solar System and the most important source of energy for life on Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Earth's only natural satellite.
  2. 2. The third planet from the Sun and densest planet in the Solar System.
  3. 4. Named after the Roman god of the sea.
  4. 5. This planet is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
  5. 6. A small body that circles the Sun with a highly elliptical orbit.
  6. 7. The smallest and closest to the sun of the eight planets in the Solar System.
  7. 9. An object in orbit around a planet.
  8. 11. A hot ball of glowing gas.
  9. 12. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred to as the "Red Planet."