Cosmic Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. The remains of space rocks that successfully reach and strike the Earth's surface.
  2. 4. Small rocky or metallic fragments still traveling through open space.
  3. 5. Large spherical bodies, like Earth or Mars, that orbit a star.
  4. 6. Natural satellites that orbit around planets.
  5. 7. The massive star at the center of our solar system.
Down
  1. 1. Rocky objects, smaller than planets, found mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
  2. 2. Objects made of ice and dust that grow a "tail" when nearing the heat of a star.
  3. 4. The streaks of light (shooting stars) created when fragments burn up in the atmosphere.