Other Members of the Solar System

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Across
  1. 4. These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
  2. 5. When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
  3. 6. Which of these celestial objects when heated, emits a gas and dust stream outward, forming a tail?
  4. 9. Region in space beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  5. 10. The most distant region of the Solar System
  6. 11. Where are most asteroids located?
  7. 12. They are rocky objects that revolve around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  8. 13. What is a meteor called when it's in space?
Down
  1. 1. Where do comets orbit?
  2. 2. Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun.
  3. 3. Celestial objects are found between the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud that are beyond Neptune.
  4. 5. Nicknamed as space rocks
  5. 7. Part of a comet that composed of expelled gas and dust expelled from the comet's nucleus.
  6. 8. They are the left over pieces of the solar system that never came together to form a planet.
  7. 13. Piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.