Stellar Solar System Challenge
Embark on a journey through the stars and test your celestial knowledge in this planetary puzzle. Navigate the cosmos to identify our orbiting neighbors and conquer the final frontier of wordplay.
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Across
2. Largest resident of the main asteroid belt
9. Spin around an axis
10. Tilted giant discovered by William Herschel
12. A satellite’s predictable path
14. Rocky inhabitant of a celestial "belt"
15. Apollo mission destination
17. A "wanderer" in the night sky
18. Red planet named for a war god
Down
1. "Dirty snowball" with a glowing tail
3. The third rock from the sun
4. Messenger god or the sun's nearest neighbor
5. Gas giant with a Great Red Spot
6. The "morning star" that's actually a planet
7. Dwarf planet demoted in 2006
8. The star of our celestial show
11. Lord of the rings, astronomically speaking
13. Icy halos around a gas giant
16. Kind of power or eclipse
Click a cell to select it, then type letters. Use arrow keys to navigate, Tab to switch direction. Click a clue to jump to that word.