The Planets
Across
- 3. The second smallest planet in the Solar System and fourth from the Sun
- 5. The smallest planet
- 6. The smallest planet that is also closest to the sun
- 8. The second planet from the sun
- 10. This is extremely hot, it is the star at the centre of the solar system
- 13. A rock, or Minor Planet orbiting the Sun
- 14. Another word for spin
- 15. To move in a circle on a central axis
- 17. The sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System
- 18. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
- 20. The planet we live on
Down
- 1. The eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System
- 2. Seen in the night sky, it is Earths natural satellite
- 4. The gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- 7. When our view of one object in the sky is blocked by either another object or the Earth's shadow
- 9. The largest Planet in the Solar System
- 11. The seventh planet from the Sun
- 12. The force that attracts things to the centre of the Earth
- 16. A large bowl-shaped cavity/hole caused by a meteorite
- 19. The Earth rotates on this