Solar System

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Across
  1. 1. A large celestial body orbiting a star (like Earth or Mars).
  2. 3. Planet orbiting closest to the Sun.
  3. 5. The curved path a planet takes around the Sun.
  4. 8. The star at the center of our solar system.
  5. 10. A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, many in a belt beyond Mars.
  6. 12. Our home planet, the third from the Sun.
  7. 13. Deep blue ice giant, the farthest major planet from the Sun.
  8. 14. Known as the "Red Planet" due to iron oxide.
  9. 15. Natural satellites that revolve around planets (like Earth's Moon).
  10. 17. Hottest planet in our solar system, covered in clouds.
  11. 18. Type of very large planet, often made of gas or ice (Gas ____).
  12. 19. Ice giant planet that rotates nearly on its side.
Down
  1. 2. The layer of gases surrounding a planet.
  2. 4. A bowl-shaped depression on a planet's surface, often from an impact.
  3. 6. The largest planet, a gas giant with a Great Red Spot.
  4. 7. Our Sun and everything orbiting it (Solar ____).
  5. 8. Jupiter's Great Red ____, a huge, long-lasting storm.
  6. 9. Bands made of ice, rock, and dust circling planets like Saturn.
  7. 11. Classification for smaller celestial bodies like Pluto (____ Planet).
  8. 16. Gas giant planet famous for its prominent rings.