Across
- 3. Burning due to entering the atmosphere
- 5. Named after Jan Oort
- 9. Mostly out of earth's orbit
- 11. The King of Meteor Showers
- 12. Planets natural satellites
- 13. Several meteors enter the earth’s atmosphere
- 15. Planets far from the sun
- 17. Discovered asteroid Vesta
- 19. Complete orbit in 200 years or more
- 20. Asteroids are leftovers from rocks that couldn’t become a planet
- 21. Meteor shower observed annually and peak in July or August
- 22. Referred to as “dirty snowballs”
- 23. Near Jupiter's orbit
- 24. Coined the term “asteroid”
- 25. Relatively close to earth
Down
- 1. Constellation which Perseids was named after
- 2. Planets near the sun
- 4. Names the meteor showers
- 6. Constellation which Leonids was named after
- 7. Kuiper Belt was named after this person
- 8. Another name for meteors
- 10. Asteroid were remains of planets after an explosion
- 14. Meteor shower that happens every 75 to 76 years
- 16. Complete orbit in 200 years or less
- 18. Most famous short period comet
