Beyond Space

3. the constellation the meteor shower leonids originate from.
4. referred to as “dirty snowballs,” and are found to be mixtures of ice and dust.
7. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
12. comets that complete their orbits in 200 years or less.
16. small chunks of outer space debris that are attracted by earth’s gravity.
18. a meteor shower that happens every 75 to 76 years.
19. the farthest distance from a planet to the sun.
22. also called miniature planets or planetoids and are rocky celestial bodies that vary in brightness, size, shape, and composition.
24. the astronomer named after the Kuiper Belt.
25. the amount of light reflects by a planet or any celestial object.

1. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time in Earth’s orbit.
2. asteroids that are relatively close to earth.
5. a celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds on parallel trajectories.
6. a meteor shower that comes from the debris of an asteroid named 3200 Phaeton.
8. remnants of a meteor that survives the initial collision against the Earth.
9. the closest distance from a planet to the sun.
10. asteroids located near Jupiter’s orbit.
11. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit.
13. a meteor shower that comes from the debris of the asteroid 2003EH1.
14. solid center of the comet made of ice, frozen gas, rocks, and dust.
15. a long visible, glowing tail that forms when the comet is near the sun.
17. a region where long-period comets originate.
20. the main belt where asteroids are situated in that extends from 255 to 600 kilometers between Mars and Jupiter.
21. the Dutch astronomer named after a large spherical cloud around the orbits of the planets.
23. a bright streak of life in the sky that appears when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere.