Beyond Earth

3. Is the amount of light reflected by a planet or any celestial objects
5. Composed of ice, frozen gas, rocks and dust
6. tail forms as gases and plasma escape from the nucleus
8. Planets that are farthest from the sun
11. shower is a celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere
14. The other planets that orbit the sun lie near the plane of Earth’s orbit
16. survives frictional heating with Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the ground
17. kuiper named kuiper belt
22. are small chunks of outer space debris that are attracted by Earth’s gravity.
23. originates from the constellation Orion.
25. Planets that are nearer to the sun

1. That extends from the nucleus
2. originates from the debris of the asteroid 2003EH1
4. Belt comes from another region closer to the sun lying roughly near the Neptune and some distance beyond pluto.
7. Oort The name of a dutch astronomer
9. Solar System Includes the four terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
10. A large bright cloud of dust and gas
12. Cloud Is a large spherical cloud around the orbits of the planets
13. it is also called “shooting star” or “falling star”
15. originates from the constellation Perseus.
18. Belt Between the inner and outer solar systems
19. originates from the constellation Leo.
20. originates from the debris of an asteroid named 3200 Phaeton
21. Comet is the most popular and famous short-period comet
24. tail Long visible, glowing tail that forms when the comet is near the sun.