Solar System Crossword

A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun
The smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System
The largest of the planets and fifth in order from the sun
The seventh planet from the Sun in the Solar System
The fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System
The only planet that maintains life
The second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty
The second largest planet in the Solar System and the sixth farthest planet
The 8th and final planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun
The phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
The phase of the moon when it is invisible from earth
The alternate rising and falling of the sea
A planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt
A planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt
A number of meteors that appear to radiate from one point in the sky at a particular date each year
The spiral galaxy containing our solar system
The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
The natural satellite of the earth visible by reflected light from the sun
A small rocky body orbiting the sun
Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun
(season) the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun
A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
The star around which the earth orbits
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
The last name of the first person to walk on the moon
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
A small planetary body orbiting the sun