Planets Crossword ESS A
Across
- 2. with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
- 5. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun,
- 9. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles form, pointing away from the sun
- 12. especially a periodic elliptical revolution
- 13. helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
- 14. a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt
- 16. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or
- 18. a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen
- 19. a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Can be found in a belt after Mars
- 20. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
Down
- 1. a large hurricane like storm tht has persisted for at least 400 years
- 3. the earth's atmosphere
- 4. is usually the most distant planet in the solar system
- 6. is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals
- 7. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it
- 8. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical
- 10. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere,becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light
- 11. a planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt
- 13. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth and other planets
- 15. that are required for it to be classed as such
- 17. the time taken by a planet to make one revolution around the sun
- 18. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth. It keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun