Across
- 6. composed of nickel,magnesium,silicate, iron
- 11. originated from the constellation Leo
- 12. most popular and famous short-period comet
- 14. a group of stars
- 15. amateur astronomer who discovered asteroid Vesta
- 18. majority of comets originated from this place
- 20. also referred to as "dirty snowballs"
- 22. described the orbits of the planets as ellipses
- 24. is the amount of light reflected by a planet or any celestial objects
- 27. a dwarf planet beyond Neptune
- 28. asteroids that are composed of purely of iron and nickel
- 31. discovered planet Uranus
- 33. small chunks of Outer space debris
- 34. an asteroid located near Jupiter orbit
- 35. known for its rings
Down
- 1. closest distance or point from the sun
- 2. denotes that the eight planets of the solar system revolves around the sun
- 3. known as"shooting star" or "falling star"
- 4. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earths orbit
- 5. farthest distance from the sun
- 7. composed of ice,frozen gas and dust
- 8. believed to be remnants of the nebula cloud
- 9. the asteroid that wiped out almost 70% of dinosaur species
- 10. a large bright cloud of dust and gas That surrounds the nucleus
- 13. is a celestial event where several meteors enter the Earths atmosphere
- 16. this is where our solar system is located in
- 17. situated between Mars and Jupiter
- 19. an example of A long-period comet
- 21. comes from the debris of asteroid 3200 Phaeton
- 23. also called as " miniature planets" or "planetoids'
- 25. meteor shower That happens every 75-76 years
- 26. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earths orbit
- 27. can be observed annually
- 29. this extends out from the nucleus
- 30. If a meteor survives it fall through the Earths atmosphere
- 32. asteroids that cross and spend time in Earths orbit