Space Systems

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Across
  1. 3. The four planets that reside within the asteroid belt (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) also known as the rocky planets
  2. 5. this planet has a big storm called the red spot
  3. 7. gravity depends on an objects....
  4. 8. a force of attraction that pulls objects toward one another
  5. 9. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
  6. 10. the star at the center of our solar system; also the closest star to our solar system
  7. 11. only planet NOT named after a mythological being
  8. 12. the force of gravity on an object
  9. 13. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another object.
  10. 14. this planet takes the longest to orbit the sun
  11. 15. a large ball of bright, glowing plasma that is held together by its own gravity
Down
  1. 1. The four planets that reside outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) also known as the gas planets
  2. 2. smallest planet
  3. 4. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun, between Mars and Jupiter
  4. 6. person who discovered gravity
  5. 7. this gas makes uranus blue-green
  6. 10. the flattest planet