Solar System
Across
- 3. The 8th planet from the sun and the coldest
- 4. The 4th planet from the sun, also known as the "Red Planet" because of its red-orange appearance
- 8. The four ice and gas planets farther from the sun
- 9. A natural force that pulls to objects toward one another
- 12. The region beyond Neptune containing many small ice bodies, including dwarf planets
- 14. The 6th planet from the sun with a series of rings around it made primarily of ice
- 16. The time it takes for an object to complete one full spin around its own center
Down
- 1. A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light on its own
- 2. The 5th planet from the sun and the largest of all planets in our solar system.
- 4. A natural object that revolves around a planet (Earth has only one)
- 5. The Sun and the planets and other objects that orbit it
- 6. A path of an object as it circles around another object in outer space
- 7. The 3rd planet from the sun and the only planet in the solar system where life is known to exist
- 10. The four rocky, terrestrial planets closest to the sun
- 11. The 7th planet from the sun, sometimes called the "sideways planet"
- 13. A dwarf planet located past Neptune in the Kuiper belt, demoted from planetary status in 2006
- 15. The 2nd planet from the sun and the hottest planet in the solar system