Solar system

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Across
  1. 6. one of many large rocks that circle the sun
  2. 8. the planet eighth in order of distance and farthest from the Sun, after Uranus
  3. 9. the star that provides light and heat for the earth and around which the earth moves
  4. 10. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
  5. 11. the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which we live
Down
  1. 1. a plant of the spurge family.
  2. 2. a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km (nearly 6 trillion miles).
  3. 3. the planet fifth in order of distance from the Sun, after Mars and before Saturn
  4. 4. the planet seventh in order of distance from the Sun, after Saturn and before Neptune
  5. 5. the planet second in order of distance from the Sun, after Mercury and before Earth. It is the closest planet to Earth.
  6. 7. the planet sixth in order of distance from the Sun, after Jupiter and before Uranus
  7. 10. the planet fourth in order of distance from the sun, after Earth and before Jupiter