Beyond Earth

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Across
  1. 2. asteroids spends most of their time in Earth’s orbit
  2. 3. “shooting star”
  3. 6. The small bodies being part of the Solar system are referred as _____.
  4. 9. asteroid made up of nickel and silicate
  5. 11. It separates the eight planets into half.
  6. 13. The farthest distance from the sun.
  7. 15. the cloud where most comets come from
  8. 19. coined the term “asteroid”
  9. 22. The four planets farther to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  10. 23. the biggest asteroid
  11. 24. When several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds.
  12. 25. the asteroids that are bright
  13. 27. the amount of light reflected by a celestial object
  14. 28. the solid mass in a comet
  15. 31. the task force who assigns names to meteor showers
  16. 32. the meteor shower that originates from Orion
  17. 34. It means that the orbits are not confined to the plane of the solar system.
  18. 35. “planetoid / miniature planets”
Down
  1. 1. the meteor shower that came from an asteroid 2003EH1
  2. 4. It is the system of stars.
  3. 5. small chunks of space debris
  4. 7. “dirty snowballs”
  5. 8. The center of our solar system.
  6. 10. formed when a comet gets closer to the Sun
  7. 11. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit
  8. 12. the meteor shower that originates from Leo
  9. 14. the meteor shower that originates from Perseus
  10. 16. the impact crater that hit Mexico
  11. 17. The four planets closest to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  12. 18. It is a diagram that shows the sun is the center.
  13. 20. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
  14. 21. when it hits the Earth’s ground
  15. 26. asteroids mostly made up of carbon
  16. 29. It is composed of the sun and the eight planets.
  17. 30. The closest distance from the sun.
  18. 33. way We are in this galaxy.