The solar system
Across
- 5. an area of space with a really strong gravitational field
- 8. Named after the roman goddess of Love.
- 9. Star small rapidly moving meteor
- 11. Length of a year on this planet equals to 88 days on earth.
- 13. Is something that is about 10 billion light years
- 15. Word derived from the Greek words atmos, meaning 'vapour', 'ball' or 'sphere'. It is the envelope of gases surrounding Earth and other planets.
- 17. A system made of millions of stars, planets and dust held together by gravitational attraction.
- 19. Pluto’s only known moon
- 20. Thought to be a planet, but is now considered a dwarf planet. Is named after the Roman god of death and King of the Underworld.
- 22. A long period comet which passed close to the sun in the spring of 1997.
- 25. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter are considered planets
- 26. The second biggest gas giant.
- 27. Also a dwarf planet. Less known and named after the Greek goddess of discord.
- 28. Length of a year on this planet is about 11.86 years on Earth.
Down
- 1. Amount of moons Venus has.
- 2. Minor planets that can neither be classified either as a planet or as a comet. Word derived from greek word aster, similar to the Greek goddess Asteria.
- 3. Magnetic force that attracts everything it can towards the center of any physical body having mass.
- 4. Length of a year on this planet is about 1.88 years on Earth.
- 6. the star around which the earth orbits. In Greek mythology, its god was named Helios.
- 7. Liquid that is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. Until now, only found on Earth and came here from asteroids full of it.
- 10. Dwarf planet that spins so fast that distorts its shape, giving this dwarf planet a distinct egg-like shape.
- 12. Neptune has 6 of this
- 14. a natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night
- 16. Name of our galaxy derived from a Greek myth about Heracles.
- 18. the natural satellite of the earth. It is also the classification of other natural satellites. It is named after the Roman goddess whose Greek equivalent is named Selene.
- 19. are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases
- 21. One nickname of this planet is The “Ice Giant”
- 23. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star
- 24. Really small planet that is also considered an asteroid
- 27. Planet that has 365.25 days per year.