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ES Space Unit Puzzle

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How long it takes a planet to spin on its axis, calculated in Earth days
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Planet with the most complex ring system in our solar system
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Small, solid particle that travels through space
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Speculated by scientists to have brought water and life to Earth
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Named for the Roman god of travel, closest planet to the sun
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Dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt, classified as an asteroid until 2006
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Largest volcano in our solar system
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Classification given to the 5th - 8th planets in our solar system
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Home to Pluto, Eris, and hundreds of thousands of other icy bodies
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Located between Mars and Jupiter
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Gas that gives Uranus and Neptune their blue color
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The luminous phenomenon observed when a meteroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, commonly called a shooting star (though it's NOT a star!)
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Dwarf planet that is located within the Kuiper Belt, has an "occasional atmosphere"
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Only planet in our solar system with known life
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Saturn's largest moon (it's bigger than Mercury!)
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How many Earth days it takes a planet to go around the sun once
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Satellite that gave us much of our information regarding Saturn, mission just ended in September 2017
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Classification given to the first four planets because they're rocky planets
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Any portion of a meteroid that reaches Earth's surface
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Named for Zeus, largest planet in our solar system
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Jovian planet known for its retrograde rotation
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Dwarf planet that has a retrograde rotation of 6.4 days and is located within the
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Made of comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets, has a revolution of thousands of millions of years
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Named for the Roman God of the Sea, windiest planet with winds of 1200mph!
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Hottest planet in the solar system
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Small bodies made of rocky/metallic pieces held together by frozen gases, have a "gas tail" and a "dust tail"
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The "Red Planet" due to the iron oxide in its soil, has evidence that liquid water existed at some point
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Commonality between Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune