The Solar System

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