Definition of Asteroid. Meaning of Asteroid. Synonyms of Asteroid

- An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System. They are rocky...
- The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter...
- Asteroid City is a 2023 American comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. It features...
- Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining...
- An asteroid family is a po****tion of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter. The binary nature of 243 Ida was discovered when the Galileo spacecraft...
- An asteroid spectral type is ****igned to asteroids based on their reflectance spectrum, color, and sometimes albedo. These types are thought to correspond...