Comets, Asteroids and Meteors Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• comets : also known as the "dirty snowball
• meteorite : an piece of space objects that lands/ reach the earths ground
• metallic : the shiny type of asteroids
• nickle : one of the most abundant mineral found in an asteroids
• nucleus : the solid part of a comet
• trojan : large group of asteroids that is connected to the gravity of jupiter
• coma : the glowing part of the head of a comet
• kuiper belt : origin of short period comets
• stony : type of asteroids mostly made up of silicates
• meteors : also known as the shooting stars
• oort cloud : origin of long period comets
• tail : part of the comet always pointed away from the sun
• ceres : largest asteroid
• halley : name of a famous short period comet
• meteroid : a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space
• neo : type of asteroids with a high risk of colliding with earth
• planetoids : other term for asteroids