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- 3. Outer space debris attracted to Earth’s gravity
- 8. Asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit
- 9. A long visible, glowing tail that forms when the comet is near the sun
- 10. It is composed of the sun and its system of eight planets
- 14. The brightest asteroids composed of nickel and iron
- 15. The most popular and famous short-period comet
- 17. During the Perseid meteor shower, the Earth passes through the orbit of this comet
- 21. How Johannes Kepler described the orbit of planets
- 22. Asteroids located near Jupiter’s Orbit
- 24. A dutch astronomer; “Oort Cloud” was named after him
- 28. The belt where Asteroids mostly originate from
- 29. The closest distance from the sun
- 31. The clouds where most comets originate from
- 32. Miniature planets or planetoids
- 34. “Dirty Snowballs”
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- 1. A periodic phenomenon.
- 2. Meteor showers coming from the debris of the asteroid 2003EH1
- 4. The constellation where the Orionid meteor showers originate
- 5. A big group of stars
- 6. Composed of ice, frozen gas, rocks, and dust
- 7. Dark in color because they are composed of carbon
- 11. They are hard to see because they reflect little light
- 12. A spiral galaxy; Our home
- 13. The biggest asteroid
- 15. Model that detonates that the eight planets of the solar system revolve around the sun
- 16. Meteors when they hit the Earth’s ground
- 18. Occurs during October when Earth passes through the orbit of Halley’s Comet
- 19. A periodic astronomical event that happens meteors enter Earth’s gravity
- 20. The amount of light reflected by a planet or any celestial objects
- 23. A large bright cloud of dust and gas that surrounds the nucleus
- 25. The farthest distance from the sun
- 26. “King of Meteor Showers.”
- 27. Originates from the constellation Perseus
- 30. coined the term “asteroid “ and discovered the planet Uranus
- 33. Asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit