Across
- 1. This planet is the farthest from the sun
- 5. The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
- 7. We are here
- 8. This planet is known for its rings
- 10. A popular research study as well as it being a dwarf planet
- 11. The 4th closest planet to the sun
- 12. This planet is often referred to as the Giant Planet as it is the biggest planet in our solar system
- 14. The closest planet to the sun
Down
- 2. A body of matter that is located in space
- 3. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
- 4. A small rocky body orbiting the sun and is also located between Mars and Jupiter
- 6. Often referred to as "Earths sister" because of its similar size to Earth
- 8. The star that our solar system planets circle
- 9. This planet is known for rotating sideways
- 13. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.