Across
- 2. Time it takes for Earth to spin on its axis
- 4. The light phenomena which results when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes; a shooting star.
- 8. made of rock, metals and other elements.
- 9. The planet with the most distinct rings
- 11. Planets with temperatures not to hot or cold to allow for liquid water
- 12. positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
- 14. Time it takes for the moon to orbit the earth
- 15. The hottest planet, similar size and mass to earth
- 16. A small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun.
- 19. cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.
- 23. Time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun
- 24. The part of the planet not facing the sun
- 25. Has the strongest winds in the solar system, furthest away from the sun
Down
- 1. A celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- 3. A grouping of stars that make an imaginary picture in the sky.
- 5. Known as the red planet
- 6. A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and lands upon the Earth's surface
- 7. Largest planet in our solar system
- 10. Rotates on its side, coldest temperature recorded
- 13. The planet known as the goldilocks planet
- 17. line passing through the middle of the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole, 23.5 degrees
- 18. The part of the planet facing the sun
- 20. The closest planet to the sun and also the smallest
- 21. The collapsed core of a massive star.
- 22. The person who landed on the moon