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- 3. to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to withstand; to affirm the validity of
- 5. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.
- 7. A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.
- 8. planet a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
- 10. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
- 13. relating to the land
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- 1. planets Small, rocky planets that orbit closest to the sun including Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
- 2. belt the region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found
- 4. A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.
- 6. planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants.
- 9. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
- 11. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 12. a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.