Members of the Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. The shape in which comets orbit the Sun
  2. 6. A rocky celestial body that heats up as it enters Earth's atmosphere
  3. 7. The name that Comets are commonly referred to due to their icy composition
  4. 10. Celestial bodies that orbit the Earth at a farther distance than Neptune
  5. 12. A famous comet that passes Earth every 76 years
  6. 13. The result of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and making contact with
  7. 14. A big cloud filled with icy planetesimals encompassing the Solar System about 50,000 AU away from the Sun
  8. 16. The area in space composed of many small rocks beyond the orbit of Neptune
Down
  1. 1. An ion tail on a comet that is made of gas and always points away from the Sun
  2. 3. A period of time when rocks in the Kuipler Belt were thrown inward to the Solar System and crashed into planets
  3. 4. When several meteors enter Earth's atmosphere at one time
  4. 5. A tail on comets that are made of dust from the disintegrating nucleus
  5. 8. The area in space composed of thousands of asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
  6. 9. The most visible part of a comet that encompasses the dust and gases
  7. 11. A celestial body that is usually found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter
  8. 15. A celestial body that is made out of ice and rock, composed of two tails