The Solar System
Across
- 4. a rocky, airless body that orbits the sun and is smaller than a planet
- 8. when a very massive star's core collapses under its own gravity after running out of nuclear fuel
- 9. a massive, gravitionally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter
- 10. considered being an 'ice giant'; has the strongest winds
- 14. a small rocky or metallic object in space orbiting the sun; ranges in size from dust grain to a small asteroid
- 15. the largest planet in the solar system
- 16. the biggest star in the solar system
Down
- 1. the galaxy that includes the solar system
- 2. the smallest planet in our solar system
- 3. an icy, rocky, and dusty body that orbits the Sun
- 5. the only natural sattelite of Earth,it orbits around it
- 6. the hottest planet in the solar system, also called 'the morning star'
- 7. known as the planet dwarf; astrologists are trying to include it in the solar system itself
- 11. the coldest planet in the solar system
- 12. a planet which rings are made of ice and rock particles
- 13. a place where life is possible
- 14. a planet known as the 'red planet'; it is home to the largest volcano of the solar system, olympus mons