Across
- 3. what meteors are called once they hit earth
- 6. area around the nucleus of a comet
- 8. where comets are found (closer to sun)
- 9. when small space rocks enter Earth's atmosphere and begin to burn up from friction of the atmosphere
Down
- 1. center of a comet
- 2. where asteroids are found orbiting the sun
- 4. where comets are found (farther from sun)
- 5. small object orbiting the sun; made of ice, rock and gasses
- 7. small regularly shaped rock formations found in space; larger than meteoroidess
- 10. the amount of tails a comet has