Across
- 5. outer planet; 10 times larger in diameter than Earth
- 6. brightest object in sky after sun and moon
- 7. a ways of describing Venus'rotation
- 9. largest moon in our solar system
- 10. sun - when cleaning up solar system (two words)
- 14. satellites that by their gravitational attractions prevent particles in a planet’s rings from spreading out and dispersing (two words)
Down
- 1. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 2. small planet like bodies
- 3. surrounds the solar system and is in rough spherical shape (two words)
- 4. largest asteroid
- 8. a condition in which the repetitive motion of one body interacts with the repetitive motion of another so as to reinforce the motion.
- 11. dark band in a Jovian planet’s atmosphere, encircling the planet. Gas in the belts appears to be descending and warming.
- 12. Russian spacecraft that landed on Venus
- 13. smaller than the sun and emit no visible light of their own
- 15. steep cliffs on Mercury's surface that span thousands of kilometers