Asteroids

4. space mission that has visited Ceres and Vesta
6. one of the two asteroids visited by Galileo spacecraft
8. largest asteroid and a dwarf planet
9. small chunk of icy material that develops an atmosphere as it approaches the Sun
10. asteroid that once was volcanically active
11. abbreviation for the name of a spacecraft went into orbit around Eros
13. largest M-type asteroid
14. where majority of the asteroids can be found
17. Mars captured asteroid-moon
20. tall ice volcano on Ceres
22. a comet-asteroid with reddest surface of any object in the solar system
24. classification of asteroid that are made of silicate composition
25. Dimorphos is orbiting this asteroid

1. a large object that allows us to estimate how often impacts have occurred both on its surface and Earth
2. TNOs are part of ____ belt, area beyond Neptune
3. ___ law used to determine the mass and density of the moon of Ida
4. abbreviation name for an NASA mission that was recently executed to divert the orbit of Dimorphos
5. asteroids that have changed little chemically since the beginning of the solar system
7. spacecraft that collected sample of dust grains from Itokawa
9. the most straight forward way to deflect an asteroid is to ____ a spacecraft into it
11. abbreviation for the name given to any comet that come close to our planet
12. names of ____ from classical mythology given to new objects that have properties of both asteroids and comets
15. asteroid made of some of the most chemically primitive materials in the solar system
16. Galileo spacecraft found a asteroid that has a moon
18. the largest region around Sun from which the most new comets come from
19. comet____ named in honor of the astronomer who first recognized comet as orbiting the Sun
21. interstellar asteroid name meaning scout
23. calassification of asteroid composed of metals
25. ____ tail, the brightest part of the tail