Space Objects

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7. a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles to dust particles, are found in the asteroid belt
8. reason for the seasons
9. 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 meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.
12. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such

1. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
3. an object in motion tends to stay in motion, causing elliptical planetary orbits
4. a large cavity on the surface of a planet or moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body
5. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere
6. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
10. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution