The Solar System
Across
- 3. The asteroid belt may have formed a planet if it weren't for Jupiter's ________.
- 4. The center of a comet is called the _____.
- 6. Most of the asteroids in our solar system are located here.
- 8. This is the most eye-catching of all of Jupiter's storms.
- 12. The axis Uranus rotates on is nearly _________ to the line it orbits the sun on.
- 13. Every planet has an ___________ above its surface that may or may not protect it from most incoming objects.
- 16. The smallest moon in our solar system.
- 17. Neptune's biggest moon.
- 18. Planet with the most moons.
- 19. This planet has the largest volcano in our solar system.
Down
- 1. Who created the first sun centered model of our solar system?
- 2. Some planets' ______ may have been snatched or stolen from the asteroid belt.
- 5. The first model of our solar system was an ______ centered model.
- 7. The largest known moon in our solar system.
- 9. The tail of a comet always points _____ from the sun.
- 10. This dwarf planet used to be considered a planet.
- 11. A meteoroid that strikes Earth.
- 14. The center of our solar system.
- 15. The number of planets in our solar system that have rings.