The Solar System

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Across
  1. 3. / The star at the center of our solar system.
  2. 4. This "belt" is an area of space beyond the orbit of Neptune where a group of minor planets and other objects orbit the sun.
  3. 6. giant The four planets farthest from the sun are classified as this type of planet.
  4. 7. The largest planet in our solar system.
  5. 9. The closest planet to the sun.
  6. 10. dwarf Our sun is this type of star.
  7. 11. The farthest planet from the sun in our solar system.
  8. 13. The path a planet takes around the sun.
Down
  1. 1. The length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun.
  2. 2. The hottest planet in our solar system.
  3. 5. This was changed to a dwarf planet in 2006.
  4. 6. The force that holds us on the ground. It also keeps planets in their orbit around the sun.
  5. 8. The four planets closest to the sun are this type of planet.
  6. 9. A smaller object orbiting a planet.
  7. 12. A body of ice, dust, and bits of rock that passes through space, leaving a tail behind it.