Other Objects Solar System

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Across
  1. 6. a famous short period comet visible from Earth about every 76 years
  2. 8. a meteorite that lacks chondrules and formed from melted rock
  3. 11. comet the solid icy core of a comet
  4. 14. Chondrites dark meteorites rich in carbon and organic materials
  5. 16. the point in the sky from which meteors appear to originate
  6. 17. the process of solid ice turning directly into gas
  7. 18. the astronomer who discovered Ceres
  8. 19. an asteroid with an orbit that brings it very close to the Sun
  9. 21. a small rock or particle traveling through space
  10. 22. stony meteorites containing small round particles
  11. 24. small rocky objects that orbit the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter
  12. 25. comet streams of gas and dust that extend from a comet away from the Sun
  13. 27. a small asteroid visited and photographed by a spacecraft
  14. 30. a stream of charged particles flowing outward from the Sun
  15. 32. a distant spherical region filled with icy comet like objects
  16. 33. a large cloud of hydrogen gas surrounding a comet
Down
  1. 1. a region beyond Neptune containing icy bodies and comets
  2. 2. the location linked to the impact that contributed to dinosaur extinction
  3. 3. a streak of light caused by a meteoroid burning in Earth’s atmosphere
  4. 4. light produced when gas glows after absorbing solar energy
  5. 5. an icy body that releases gas and dust as it nears the Sun
  6. 7. Object an object that exploded over Siberia in 1908 causing massive damage
  7. 9. regions in the asteroid belt with few asteroids due to Jupiter’s gravity
  8. 10. crossing asteroids asteroids whose orbits bring them close to Earth
  9. 12. a glowing cloud of gas and dust surrounding a comet’s nucleus
  10. 13. shower an event where many meteors appear from the same radiant
  11. 15. pressure the force exerted by sunlight pushing particles away
  12. 20. a comet that orbits the Sun in less than 200 years
  13. 22. the largest object in the asteroid belt and classified as a dwarf planet
  14. 23. Tail a curved tail of dust particles reflecting sunlight
  15. 26. a group of asteroids near Earth asteroids that cross Earth’s orbit
  16. 28. pieces of space rock that reach Earth’s surface
  17. 29. small spherical grains found inside some meteorites
  18. 31. the region between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found