Across
- 1. a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.
- 3. is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- 5. The gas settles into a hot, bright, rapidly spinning disk. Matter gradually works its way from the outer part of the disk to its inner edge
- 8. is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun.
- 10. don’t vaporize completely in the atmosphere.
Down
- 2. one asteroid can smash into another. This can cause small pieces of the asteroid to break off.
- 4. is only about half the width of the United States.
- 6. was discovered on Jan. 5, 2005
- 7. is an oval shaped object
- 9. If a meteoroid comes close enough to Earth and enters Earth’s atmosphere