Space Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. The star at the center of the solar system
  2. 8. Rocks and chunks of metal that come from space and land on the ground
  3. 9. A small, rocky bodies that orbit, or travel around, the sun.
  4. 10. It has 146 moons in it's orbit
  5. 13. An are between Mars and Jupiter that has millions of asteroids and other space junk
  6. 15. Spins sideways
  7. 16. Named after the god of war because it's red color was like blood
Down
  1. 1. Similar to the solar system's eight planets but smaller
  2. 2. The biggest planet in our solar system.
  3. 4. Large chunks of ice, dust, and rock.
  4. 5. the hottest planet in our solar system
  5. 6. A small stony or metallic object that orbits the sun out in space
  6. 7. Balls of hot, explosive gas that make their own light
  7. 11. Dark, cold, and whipped by supersonic winds
  8. 12. The smallest planet in our solar system
  9. 14. A green and blue planet