Across
- 1. retrograde motion, in astronomy, actual or apparent motion of a body in a direction opposite to that of the (direct)
- 3. solid piece of debris from an object in space
- 5. metal with composition of alloy with low melting point
- 7. region of space where most of the asteroids reside
- 8. small rocky or metallic body in outer space
- 10. long cliffs on mercury's surface
- 11. a celestial body resembling a small planet.
- 12. a chemical that can be used to store, move, and deliver energy
- 14. other planets in our solar system with compact, rocky surface like Earth's terra firma
- 15. measure of how non-circular the orbit of a body is
- 16. region of the solar system, believed to contain many small bodies
- 18. small icy solar system body
- 19. habitable area around a star where life can form
Down
- 2. a unit of measurement used for space
- 4. small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
- 6. when a number of small bodies pass close to earths atmosphere
- 9. large planet with low density; mostly gas
- 13. Any of innumerable small bodies of accreted gas and dust thought to have orbited the Sun during the formation of the planets
- 17. the locus of all points such that the sum of the distances from two foci to any point on the ellipse is a constant