Outer Space Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a small rock or rocky grain that strikes Earth’s surface
  2. 5. an irregularly shaped rocky object in space
  3. 7. A system used to rate the hazard level of an object moving toward Earth
  4. 10. a body that moves in a clockwise direction of rotation
  5. 11. hottest planet
  6. 12. largest planet in the solar system
  7. 14. sometimes called a “Shooting Star”
  8. 18. natural or artificial bodies that revolve around larger bodies such as planets
  9. 19. occurs when Earth passes through the tail or debris of a comet
  10. 20. region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
  11. 21. closest planet to the sun
Down
  1. 1. storm system more than 400 years old
  2. 3. farthest planet from the Sun
  3. 4. what a meteorite is called while in space
  4. 6. a body that moves in a counterclockwise direction of rotation
  5. 8. divides the Inner Planets from the Outer Planets
  6. 9. instrument helped early scientists discover more bodies in the solar system
  7. 13. blue-green in color because the gases absorb the red part of sunlight strongly
  8. 15. bodies in space made up of ice, dust, small gritty particles
  9. 16. dwarf planet
  10. 17. fourth planet from the sun
  11. 18. largest planetary rings