Crossword Puzzle

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1. a large planet of relatively low density
consisting predominantly of hydrogen and
helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or
Neptune.
2. a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects
around the Sun,
3. a celestial body that -orbits the sun, has
enough mass to assume a nearly round
shape, has not cleared the neighborhood
around its orbit and is not a moon.
5. cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and
dust that orbit the Sun.
6. a repository of dust and frozen gases.
8. composed of solid material such as dust
and moonlets, and is a common component
of satellite systems around giant planets.
Across:
4. a spherical shell of small icy bodies (as
comets) that orbit the sun far beyond Pluto.
7. must orbit a star, it must be big enough to
have enough gravity to force a spherical
shape, and it must be big enough that its
gravity cleared away any objects of a
similar size near its orbit.
9. a region of space between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter where most of the
asteroids in our Solar System are found
orbiting the Sun.
10. have a compact, rocky surface like Earth's
terra firma.
11. a small body of matter from outer space
that enters the earth's atmosphere,
becoming incandescent as a result of

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friction and appearing as a streak of light.

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