Across
- 4. Term for the burning light streak across the sky
- 5. Larger fragment of a meteor that survives impact with Earth
- 7. A dust tail of a comet always points in this direction relative to the Sun
- 9. A small, icy body that grows a tail when near the Sun
- 11. Chunk of rock or metal that orbits the Sun, smaller than an asteroid
- 12. This force shapes the orbits of comets and asteroids
- 13. Bright trail seen when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere
- 15. Small rocky bodies that sometimes fall to Earth
Down
- 1. Missions that study small solar system bodies up close
- 2. The area of the solar system beyond Neptune full of icy bodies
- 3. Where most asteroids are located
- 6. Leftover frozen material found in the outer solar system
- 8. Rocky object smaller than a planet, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
- 10. Famous comet that appears every 76 years
- 14. Cloud The cloud theorized to surround the solar system with icy objects