The Planets

4. The closest planet to the sun
5. A small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun
8. Famous for its ring system
10. The system of planets and other objects orbiting the sun
13. A small object orbiting a larger one. There are many electronic objects that orbit the Earth
14. The only planet to support life
15. The distance which a ray of light would travel in one year
17. The path a planet takes around the sun
18. 1 year on this planet lasts 165 Earth years
20. The "red planet"

1. An object from Outer Space that falls into the Earth and lands on its surface
2. Has the shortest day out of all the planets
3. The brightest planet, also known as the sister planet to earth
6. smallest of the "Four Giants"
7. A grouping of stars which have been given names by astronomers
9. The "Dwarf planet"
11. A rock, or Minor Planet orbiting the Sun
12. Our Galaxy
16. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
19. A cloud of gas and dust