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- 4. a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.
- 5. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
- 6. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
- 9. an object in motion tends to stay in motion, causing elliptical planetary orbits
- 10. a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles to dust particles, are found in the asteroid belt
- 11. better than math
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- 1. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
- 2. reason for the seasons
- 3. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere
- 7. a large cavity on the surface of a planet or moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body
- 8. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light