Across
- 2. this is the hottest planet in our solar system with an average temperature of 900 degrees ferenheight
- 4. Massive icy rocks hurdling through space, also known as dirty snowballs
- 7. This celestial body used to be classified as a planet until 2006
- 10. this agency focused on aeronautics and space research
- 11. This is a ring of large rocks in between the terrestrial and jovian planets
- 14. These types of planets are hard and rocky
- 15. this is the result of a celestial body that almost became a star but failed due to a lack of mass to start nuclear fusion
Down
- 1. This is a cluster of rocks floating beyond Neptune and houses the dwarf planet pluto
- 3. these types of planets are gaseous and typically very large
- 5. This is the state of a space rock after it collides with the surface of the earth
- 6. This series of two spacecraft was launched in 1977.
- 8. A rock flying through space
- 9. This planet is well known for its massive rings and yellowish color
- 12. these can be considered star nurseries
- 13. we call this blue and green planet home
