The Solar System
Across
- 3. You were born on this planet, hopefully
- 5. Made mainly from ices and dust, these objects can form tails millions of km long when they pass near the sun
- 8. This planet's axis is so tilted that it orbits the sun on its side.
- 10. Chunks of rock, most of which are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- 11. This object is at the center of the solar system
- 12. Its two satellites are named Phobos and Deimos
Down
- 1. this object is no longer considered to be a planet
- 2. Named for the Roman god of sea
- 4. The hottest planet
- 6. It orbits the sun once every 88 days
- 7. This planet is more massive than all of the others combined
- 9. This planet possesses the solar system's most impressive system of rings