Grade 5M - Solar System Scientists

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Across
  1. 3. This freezing cold dwarf planet has a surface temperature between -228 to -230 degrees celsius
  2. 5. This dark, cold and windy planet takes 165 earth years to complete one orbit around the sun
  3. 7. The smallest planet in the solar system
  4. 9. The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
  5. 10. A day on this planet is longer than a year! (That is, it takes longer to rotate on its axis than it takes to orbit around the sun)
  6. 11. One year on this planet is the same as 687 earth days
Down
  1. 1. This planet has seven rings, made of chunks of ice and rock
  2. 2. The largest planet in the solar system, where 1 day is 10 hours and 1 year equals about 12 earth years
  3. 4. The third planet from the sun and fifth largest in the solar system
  4. 6. There are ... planets in our solar system
  5. 8. This planet appears to spin on its side