Asteroids (from Greek ἀστεροειδής - asteroeidēs, "star-like", from ἀστήρ "star" and εἶδος "like, in form") are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disk of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as small ob...
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Objects:
- Ceres ,
- 118401 LINEAR ,
- 107P/Wilson-Harrington ,
- 133P/Elst-Pizarro ,
- 60558 Echeclus ,
- 433 Eros ,
- 422 Berolina ,
- 2062 Aten ,
- 5381 Sekhmet ,
- 3753 Cruithne
Near-Earth objects:
- 719 Albert ,
- 433 Eros ,
- 1627 Ivar ,
- 1221 Amor ,
- 1036 Ganymed ,
- 887 Alinda ,
- 1566 Icarus ,
- 1620 Geographos ,
- 1580 Betulia ,
- 1685 Toro
Also known as:
- minor planets
