The Solar System
Across
- 1. the earth's only natural satellite
- 2. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
- 6. the collection of the eight planets and their moons, in orbit around the sun
- 8. the eighth and farthest planet from the sun
- 10. the seventh closest planet from the sun
- 11. the fifth closest planet to the sun, the biggest planet
- 13. the fourth closest planet from the sun
- 14. the Third closest planet from the sun, the planet on which we live
- 15. the star in which the earth orbits
Down
- 1. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
- 3. the region of the solar system located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter
- 4. the first and closest planet to the sun, the smallest planet
- 5. the second closest planet orbiting around the sun
- 7. a fixed luminous point in the sky that is very large
- 9. the sixth closest planet orbiting around the sun
- 12. the largest object in the asteroid belt