Formation of Solar System

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