as the main asteroid belt. Asteroids are generally classified to be of three types: C-type, M-type, and S-type. These describe asteroids with carbonaceous...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

of minor planet names: 1–1000 "Small-Body Orbital Elements: Numbered Asteroids, ELEMENTS.NUMBR (64 MB)". NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. November 2023...

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

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

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

Asteroid City (or "Asteroid City") is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman...

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

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

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...

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...

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

astrologers use the asteroids in chart interpretation. Their use in astrology began with Eleanor Bach's publication of the first asteroid ephemeris in 1973...

holding Aten asteroids. For a list of existing articles, see Aten asteroids (category). As of July 2020[update], a total of thirteen Aten asteroids have received...

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

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