Beyond Space

3. a meteor shower that comes from the debris of the asteroid 2003EH1.
4. the farthest distance from a planet to the sun.
7. remnants of a meteor that survives the initial collision against the Earth.
8. the main belt where asteroids are situated in that extends from 255 to 600 kilometers between Mars and Jupiter.
9. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
11. asteroids located near Jupiter’s orbit.
12. solid center of the comet made of ice, frozen gas, rocks, and dust.
14. the amount of light reflects by a planet or any celestial object.
15. a long visible, glowing tail that forms when the comet is near the sun.
16. referred to as “dirty snowballs,” and are found to be mixtures of ice and dust.
17. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit.
19. a region where long-period comets originate.
22. the closest distance from a planet to the sun.
23. also called miniature planets or planetoids and are rocky celestial bodies that vary in brightness, size, shape, and composition.
26. comets that complete their orbits in 200 years or less.

1. the astronomer named after the Kuiper Belt.
2. a theory which contends that asteroids are leftovers of original materials that did not form into a planet.
5. asteroids that are relatively close to earth.
6. a celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds on parallel trajectories.
10. the Dutch astronomer named after a large spherical cloud around the orbits of the planets.
13. a bright streak of life in the sky that appears when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
18. a meteor shower that happens every 75 to 76 years.
20. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time in Earth’s orbit.
21. a meteor shower that comes from the debris of an asteroid named 3200 Phaeton.
24. the constellation the meteor shower leonids originate from.
25. small chunks of outer space debris that are attracted by earth’s gravity.