Asteroids Crossword Puzzle

About the Asteroids Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers asteroids as small rocky bodies in the Solar System, from famous objects such as Ceres, Vesta, and Bennu to the Main Belt and near-Earth objects. Find words about asteroid composition, orbits, spacecraft missions, and impact science, including regolith, Yarkovsky Effect, and Hayabusa. It is suited to space fans and students learning about the objects between planets.

This crossword draws on 42 clues about Asteroids. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Near-Earth object once feared to strike in 2029 (7 letters)
• •Bowl-shaped hollow on a world’s surface (6 letters)
• •Near-Earth object visited by the NEAR Shoemaker craft (4 letters)
• •Japanese craft that brought back samples from Itokawa (8 letters)
• •Bowl-shaped scar left by a collision (12 letters)
• •Metal-rich member of a spectral class (13 letters)
• •NASA craft that collected material from Bennu (9 letters)
• •Silicate-rich member of a spectral class (13 letters)

Teaching this topic or planning a party? Make your own crossword with your own words and clues.