U8-C3-Minor Bodies of the Solar System-Vocab Crossword

3. a small body of rock, ice, & cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun & that gives off gas & dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
6. a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space
9. the passing of the moon through Earth's shadow at full moon
10. a natural or artificial body that revolves around a larger celestial body
12. a large, dark area of basalt on the moon (plural, maria)
13. in the orbit of a satellite, the point at which the satellite is closest to Earth
14. a celestial body that revolves around a body that's larger in mass; a natural satellite
15. a spherical region that surrounds the solar system, that extends from the Kuiper Belt to almost halfway to the nearest star, & that contains billions of comets

1. the passing of the moon between Earth & the sun; during a solar eclipse, the shadow of the moon falls on Earth
2. a region of the solar system that starts just beyond the orbit of Neptune & that contains dwarf planets & other small bodies made mostly of ice
4. an event in which the shadow of 1 celestial body falls on another
5. a bowl-shaped depression that forms on the surface of an object when a falling body strikes the object's surface or when an explosion occurs
7. any 1 of the 4 largest satellites of Jupiter--lo, Europa, Ganymede, & Callisto--that were discovered by Galileo in 1610
8. in the orbit of a satellite, the point at which the satellite is farthest from Earth
11. a small, rocky object that orbits the sun; most asteroids are located in a band between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter
13. in astronomy, the change in the illuminated area of 1 celestial body as seen from another celestial body; phases of the moon are caused by the changing positions of Earth, the sun, & the moon
14. a bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere