Across
- 2. asteroids spends most of their time in Earth’s orbit
- 3. “shooting star”
- 6. The small bodies being part of the Solar system are referred as _____.
- 9. asteroid made up of nickel and silicate
- 11. It separates the eight planets into half.
- 13. The farthest distance from the sun.
- 15. the cloud where most comets come from
- 19. coined the term “asteroid”
- 22. The four planets farther to the sun are the ____ solar system.
- 23. the biggest asteroid
- 24. When several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds.
- 25. the asteroids that are bright
- 27. the amount of light reflected by a celestial object
- 28. the solid mass in a comet
- 31. the task force who assigns names to meteor showers
- 32. the meteor shower that originates from Orion
- 34. It means that the orbits are not confined to the plane of the solar system.
- 35. “planetoid / miniature planets”
Down
- 1. the meteor shower that came from an asteroid 2003EH1
- 4. It is the system of stars.
- 5. small chunks of space debris
- 7. “dirty snowballs”
- 8. The center of our solar system.
- 10. formed when a comet gets closer to the Sun
- 11. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit
- 12. the meteor shower that originates from Leo
- 14. the meteor shower that originates from Perseus
- 16. the impact crater that hit Mexico
- 17. The four planets closest to the sun are the ____ solar system.
- 18. It is a diagram that shows the sun is the center.
- 20. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
- 21. when it hits the Earth’s ground
- 26. asteroids mostly made up of carbon
- 29. It is composed of the sun and the eight planets.
- 30. The closest distance from the sun.
- 33. way We are in this galaxy.
