Across
- 3. a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon.
- 5. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
- 9. the average distance between Earth and the Sun
- 10. located in kuiper belt
Down
- 1. the distance light travels in one Earth year
- 2. an asteroid that has entered earths atmosphere
- 4. an oval-shaped path, like a slightly elongated circle. This is due to the gravitational interactions among the Sun, planets, and other celestial bodies that move in elliptical paths.
- 6. stars, planets, satellites, asteroids, meteorids and comets.
- 7. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
- 8. a large, dusty atmosphere surrounding the nucleus, made up of sublimated gas mixed with dust