UNIT 2
Across
- 4. Got the first close ups of Pluto
- 6. orbited it for 13 years and used gravity assist to get there, but later impacted Saturn's atmosphere
- 9. materials that were theorized to create the solar system
- 10. smaller pieces of asteroids left over after an impact
- 11. mapped Mar's surface out in more detail and later impacted the surface
- 13. was the first to land on Mar's surface and analyze the soil contents and rocks
- 17. meteoroids that burn while falling into the Earth’s atmosphere
- 18. was made to find more worlds in space
- 19. dense, solid, have few moons, and no rings
Down
- 1. Uses a planet’s gravity to “slingshot” the spacecraft in a desired location
- 2. large, gaseous, many moons, and sometimes rings
- 3. the farthest place in our solar system, full of many icy objects, comets, and much more
- 5. Heading to Jupiter in 2016
- 7. galactic debris made of rock and metal that float around in the universe.
- 8. streaks of icy matter that soar through space, leaving behind a trail.
- 10. red planet next to Earth
- 12. Planetology comparing and contrasting the descriptions of planets to figure out how they came to be
- 14. a collection of rocky particles that’s in between mars and jupiter
- 15. is the region most dwarf planets exist in
- 16. meteors that land on the earth's surface.