Across
- 4. September 21 is the day of what?
- 5. point where planet is closest to sun
- 6. when debris enter Earth's atmosphere they are called what?
- 9. Head of a comet
- 10. Debris that produces a streak of light once in Earth's atmosphere
- 13. comets that repeatedly orbit into our inner solar system are called
- 15. What exists between the stars and leads to the formation of stars and planets
- 17. Kepler's ______ law states that planets farther from the sun will have a larger orbit and longer orbital period
- 21. interstellar clouds are made up of ______________
- 22. The moon affects our hydrosphere by forming ______
- 23. Debri that collides with the ground is called what?
Down
- 1. What was the first planet to develop in our solar system
- 2. We experience ______ when Earth intersects a cometary orbit
- 3. planet moves in one direction and then reverse in the opposite direction in the sky
- 4. Leftover debris from the formation of solar system can be found where?
- 7. comets have a highly _____ orbit
- 8. Jupiter developed through mergers of _____ planetesimals
- 9. remnants of the solar system that are made of ice and rock
- 11. Wobble in Earth's rotational axis
- 12. point where planet is farthest from sun
- 13. Objects that have gradually grown to reach 100's of kilometers in diameters
- 14. debris that have pitted and irregular surfaces
- 16. direction tails of comets face in relation to the sun
- 18. Decrease in the portion of the sunlit side of the moon that we see
- 19. Increase in the portion of the sunlit side of the moon that we can see
- 20. small solid core inside the head of a comet
