This page alphabetically lists the first thousand
For the minor planets of the outer solar system, see:
* Pronunciation of Trojan asteroids
* Pronunciation of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects
List of first 1000 asteroids
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Asteroid — For the arcade video game, see Asteroids (video game). For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). A composite image, to scale, of the asteroids that have been imaged at high resolution. As of 2011 they are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta,… … Wikipedia
Asteroid belt — For the album by Velvet Chain, see Asteroid Belt (album). The asteroid belt (shown in white) is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets… … Wikipedia
Asteroid-impact avoidance — Planetary defense redirects here. For defending against alien invasion in fiction, see alien invasion. Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometres in diameter releases as much energy… … Wikipedia
Trojan pronunciation — Pronunciation of the Trojan asteroids= The names of the Trojan asteroids are taken from Greek mythology, so the pronunciations of all are predictable once the Greek or Latin orthography with long vowel marking is known. Following is a list of the … Wikipedia
Lost asteroid — Lost asteroids or lost planets are asteroids that observers lose track of after discovering. Many early lost asteroids were rediscovered in the 1980s and 1990s, but a number of asteroids and other types of small Solar System bodies continue to be … Wikipedia
Binary asteroid — A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common center of mass, in analogy with binary stars. 243 Ida was the first binary asteroid to be identified when the Galileo spacecraft did a flyby in 1993. Since then numerous binary… … Wikipedia
P-type asteroid — P type asteroids have low albedo and a featureless reddish electromagnetic spectrum. It has been suggested that they have a composition of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates, possibly with water ice in their interior. P type… … Wikipedia
D-type asteroid — D type asteroids have a very low albedo and a featureless reddish electromagnetic spectrum[citation needed]. It has been suggested that they have a composition of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates, possibly with water ice in… … Wikipedia
O-type asteroid — The rare O type asteroids have spectra similar to the unusual asteroid 3628 Boznemcová, which is the best asteroid match to the spectra of L6 and LL6 ordinary chondrite meteorites. Their spectra have a deep absorption feature longward of 0.75 μm … Wikipedia
Damocloid asteroid — Damocloids are minor planets such as 5335 Damocles and 1996 PW that have Halley family or long period highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets such as Comet Halley, but without showing a cometary coma or tail. Damocloids are believed to … Wikipedia
