The Solar System
Across
- 3. rolls like a barrel rather than spinning like Earth
- 8. a huge, bright ball of burning gas that is held together by gravity
- 9. An object orbiting the Sun that is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity
- 10. fifth largest planet in the Solar System
- 11. spiral galaxy where our Solar System and Earth are located.
- 13. the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth
- 14. a large group of stars, dust, gas and dark matter held together by gravity
- 15. includes the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it
- 17. a small rock or particle of debris in our solar system.
- 18. the biggest object in the Solar System
- 19. the largest planet in our solar system.
Down
- 1. the fourth planet from the Sun
- 2. similar in size to Earth and features thick a thick and hot atmosphere
- 4. features an impressive system of rings.
- 5. someone trained to be a crew member of a spacecraft
- 6. the closest planet to the Sun in the Solar System.
- 7. the most well known comet in the Solar System.
- 12. small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun made of rock and metal
- 16. is nearly four times the size of Earth.
- 17. a natural satellite which orbits the Earth