Asteroid

An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid), which are much smaller than planets. Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were not incorporated into planets during the system's formation. Some asteroids have moons. The vast majority of the asteroids are within the main asteroid belt, with elliptical orbits between those of Mars and Jupiter.

External links

• Known Asteroid Impacts & Their Effects
• Alphabetical list of minor planet names (ASCII) (Minor Planet Center)
• Alphabetical and numerical lists of minor planet names (Unicode) (Institute of Applied Astronomy)
• Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site
• Asteroids Dynamic Site
• Asteroid naming statistics
• Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
• Safeguard UK

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