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Asteroid - Wikipedia An asteroid is a minor planet —an object larger than a meteoroid (thus 1 meter or larger) that is neither a planet nor an identified comet —that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids)
Asteroid | Definition, Size, Facts | Britannica Asteroid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring called the asteroid belt Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are known
Asteroids - Science@NASA Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4 6 billion years ago Most asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt
Asteroids - Ask An Earth and Space Scientist There are three general types of asteroids: carbonaceous, stony, and metallic They are called C-type, S-type, and M-type asteroids The names are based on the type of material believed to make up most of the surface material: carbon-rich minerals, stony rocks, or metal
Asteroid - ESA Hubble Asteroids are rocky celestial bodies that orbit the Sun, but do not meet the requirements to be classified as a planet The term asteroid covers a very broad range of Solar System objects, including debris left behind by objects that did not successfully grow into planets
World’s largest digital camera spots massive asteroid Astronomers have spotted an asteroid the size of nearly eight football fields, with the help of the largest digital camera in the world and a new space observatory
Asteroid - New World Encyclopedia An asteroid is a solid object, smaller than a planet, which in our Solar System orbits the Sun Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc or fragments of larger asteroids