Vanessa Sherard - Period 3 - 10/23/23

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Across
  1. 5. a body that could or did come together with many others under gravitation to form a planet.
  2. 6. a cliff or steep slope
  3. 8. the main constituent of gas giant planets
  4. 10. A large-scale linear or curved array of mineral deposits
  5. 11. happens when Earth passes through the path of a comet
  6. 13. a small body from outer space that enters earths atmosphere
  7. 15. a measure of how much the deviation of the curve has occurred from the circularity of the given shape
  8. 16. a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet or asteroid
  9. 17. a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals
Down
  1. 1. a unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million kilometers
  2. 2. a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
  3. 3. a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium
  4. 4. circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System
  5. 7. a small body moving in the solar system
  6. 9. frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices
  7. 12. the orbital motion of a spatial body in a direction that is opposite of what is normal in a given system
  8. 14. a circle which has been squashed or flattened a bit