Relacionar Columnas Mystery Writing Glossary AsteroidsVersión en línea vocab por Denise Kesel 1 orbit 2 deflect 3 atmosphere 4 impact 5 meteor 6 collision 7 asteroid 8 diameter 9 velocity the distance across an object air that surrounds a planet circling another object, like the Moon around the Earth one object hitting into another object a rocky object in outer space a small object from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere. They often appear as glowing streaks in the sky or "Shooting Stars" to cause an object to change direction after hitting something the force of one thing hitting another speed