Objects Beyond The Solar System
Across
- 2. An area of space that is about 50 AU from the sun that holds rocky materials said to be left over from the creation of the universe
- 5. a famous comet that passes Earth every 76 years
- 7. a group of meteors that enter Earth's atmosphere at the same time
- 8. a cloud that exists 50,000 AU from the sun and holds icy planetesimals
- 11. the orbit shape of a comet
- 13. a structure of ice and rock that has two tails facing away from the sun
- 14. located between Mars and Jupiter
Down
- 1. a meteor that has collided with Earth's surface
- 3. Objects that orbit the sun at a position farther than Neptune
- 4. small, nonspherical object orbiting the sun
- 6. a small, rocky structure that gains heat as it penetrates Earth's atmosphere
- 9. a TNO dwarf planet
- 10. a meteor that has not yet entered Earth's atmosphere
- 12. The home of TNOs
- 15. Trans-Neptunian Object