The Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. Solid, rocky objects that fall towards earth, often mistaken for a falling star
  2. 4. The hottest planet, that also has no moons
  3. 6. The closest planet to the sun
  4. 8. Occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth
  5. 11. Small and large rocky debris found throughout the solar system
  6. 13. These orbit the planets, with some planets having more than one
  7. 15. The largest moon of Saturn
  8. 16. An average star that all eight planets orbit
Down
  1. 1. This planet mostly consists of water and has 14 moons
  2. 3. Way The galaxy that includes our solar system
  3. 5. Largest planet that has 67 moons
  4. 7. Used to travel into space and discover new things about the solar system
  5. 9. There are billions of these found in our galaxy, and are most prominent at night
  6. 10. An object consisting of ice and dust that when heated has a long tail as it travels away from the sun
  7. 12. Causes the planets to continually move around the sun
  8. 14. Known as the red planet