as the main asteroid belt. The total mass of all the asteroids combined is only 3% that of Earth's Moon. The majority of main belt asteroids follow slightly...

has shown that the asteroid belt has between 700,000 and 1.7 million asteroids with a diameter of 1 km or more. The number of asteroids in the main belt...

Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining...

saucers' counter-fire. The game becomes harder as the number of asteroids increases. Asteroids was conceived during a meeting between Logg and Rains, who decided...

Most known PHOs and NEOs are asteroids, but about 0.35% are comets. There are over 34,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and over 120 known short-period...

An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination...

order, see List of minor planets. Asteroids are given minor planet numbers, but not all minor planets are asteroids. Minor planet numbers are also given...

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are...

Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth. By definition, Atens are Earth-crossing asteroids (a < 1...

Look up Asteroid, asteroid, asteroids, or asteroīds in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An asteroid is a minor planet. Asteroid or Asteroids may also refer...

Blasteroids in 1987. Like in the original Asteroids, the objective is to score points by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a...

2018. Retrieved 2022-11-25. "The Age of Asteroids". The New Yorker. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2022-11-25. "Asteroids could wipe out humanity, warn Richard Dawkins...

The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor /ˈeɪmɔːr/. The orbital perihelion of these objects is...

main-belt asteroids with a diameter above 10 km (6.2 mi) have already been discovered, there might be as many as 10 trillion 1 m (3.3 ft)-sized asteroids or...

The Alinda asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids with a semi-major axis of about 2.5 AU and an orbital eccentricity approximately between 0.4 and...

binaries are known in each of the main groupings: near-Earth asteroids, belt asteroids, and trans-Neptunian objects, not including numerous claims based...

Atira asteroids /əˈtɪrə/ or Apohele asteroids, also known as interior-Earth objects (IEOs), are Near-Earth objects whose orbits are entirely confined...

C-type (carbonaceous /ˌkɑːrbəˈneɪʃəs/) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids. They are volatile-rich and distinguished...

asteroids in the MPC database, MPCORB.DAT (139 MB)". International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. July 2024. "Critical Lists of Asteroids"...

natural satellites that orbit them, that is, asteroids that orbit larger asteroids. Mercury-crossing asteroids are those with perihelia within the orbit...

A-type asteroids are relatively uncommon inner-belt asteroids that have a strong, broad 1 μm olivine feature and a very reddish spectrum shortwards of...

S-type asteroids are asteroids with a spectral type that is indicative of a siliceous (i.e. stony) mineralogical composition, hence the name. They have...

The Hilda asteroids (adj. Hildian) are a dynamical group of more than 5,000 asteroids located beyond the asteroid belt but within Jupiter's orbit, in...

the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid in 1993. Since then numerous binary asteroids and several triple asteroids have been detected. The mass ratio...

In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately...

near-Earth asteroid or comet Spaceguard – Efforts to study asteroids that might impact Earth Torino scale – Measure for the hazard from asteroids and comets...

asteroids in the MPC database, MPCORB.DAT (139 MB)". International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. July 2024. "Critical Lists of Asteroids"...

asteroids in the MPC database, MPCORB.DAT (139 MB)". International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. July 2024. "Critical Lists of Asteroids"...

"potentially hazardous" asteroids can evolve to live up to their namesake. Most of these objects are potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), and a few are...

the Sun, active asteroids follow orbits within the orbit of Jupiter that are often indistinguishable from the orbits of standard asteroids. Jewitt defines...