Comets, Asteroids and Meteors Crossword Puzzle

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  • 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