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