Across
- 3. The smaller 2 continent-sized highland areas (terrae) on the planet venus
- 5. The largest canyon in the solar system that cuts a wide swath across the face of mars
- 7. The largest natural satellite of Neptune
- 9. narrow bands of strong winds that generally blow from west to cast all across the globe
- 12. A method to activate molecules that leads to the breaking of chemical bonds through the absorption of photos, typically using uv ifradiation due to its high energy deposit ion per photo
- 13. One of 2 very small satellite of the planet mars
- 14. a flat disc-like structure of orbiting dust, ice, & rocky particles encircling an astronomical body,most commonly giant planets
- 16. A large impact crater located on the surface of the planet mercury
- 17. The four large outer planets of our solar system that lack a solid surface
Down
- 1. The branch of atronomy that uses readar to map the surface of the planetary bodies in the solar system
- 2. The four largest and outer most of jupiters many satellites
- 4. A large volcano on the planet mars and the tallest mountain in the solar system
- 6. steep slopes or cliffs found on planetry surfaces formed by tectonic activity
- 8. A rocky planet that is made up mostly of material such as rock and iron
- 10. The largest moon in the solar system, orbiting Jupiter as its third Galilean satellite
- 11. The largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the solar system
- 14. The distance from a larger celestial body within which a smaller celetial body will disintegrate due to the tidel forces exerted by the larger body
- 15. The smaller of mars two moons