Space Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. The planet that is blue and green due to large amounts of methane is?
  2. 6. _______ is the first planet that was discovered using math and is the farthest from the sun.
  3. 9. A meteoroid is a piece of metal or rock that is smaller than an asteroid.
  4. 12. Most comets have two tails ; gaseous tail and dust tail.
  5. 13. ______ is the sixth planet from the sun, second biggest and nicknamed the jewel of our solar system.
  6. 14. To be considered a planet a celestial object must orbit around a ____.
  7. 16. _______ is known as the king of the planets in our solar system.
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  1. 1. This planet is also known as the red planet and is the fourth from the sun.
  2. 2. The planet Jupiter is ______ than all of the other planets combined.
  3. 3. Most asteroids lie in the asteroid ____.
  4. 5. The smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the sun.
  5. 7. Uranus appears to spin ________.
  6. 8. The hottest planet in our solar system and nicknamed earth's twin sister.
  7. 10. _____ is our home world, the only planet with water, and sustainable for life.
  8. 11. A _________ is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid.
  9. 15. Mercury moves around the ___ every eighty-eight earth days.