Ella Travaso pd.1
Across
- 3. closed-plane curve that results from the intersection of a plane cutting through a cone
- 4. a small piece of an asteroid
- 5. fundamental system in condensed matter sciences
- 7. a streak of light in the sky
- 8. small, icy object that orbits the sun and has a long "tail" of gas
- 12. rock-type object formed in the early solar system from collisions
- 13. the range of orbits around a star
- 14. orbits the sun
- 15. doughnut-shaped region of icy objects
- 16. orbital motion of a spatial body in a direction that is opposite of what is normal in a given system
- 18. measure of how non-circular the orbit of a body is
Down
- 1. large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen
- 2. a transient rain of meteors
- 6. mean distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the sun
- 9. Earth-like planets made up of rocks or metals with a hard surface
- 10. solid piece of debris from an object
- 11. region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most of the asteroids in our Solar System are found orbiting the Sun
- 17. a very steep bank or slope