List of Mars trojan asteroids — The L5 group (shown in green) of Asteroids on the orbit of Mars (Mars is shown in red). The L4 group is the light blue region also on Mars orbit. The Mars trojans are a group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Mars around the … Wikipedia
asteroid — asteroidal, adj. /as teuh royd /, n. 1. Also called minor planet. Astron. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those… … Universalium
Asteroid mining — 433 Eros is a stony asteroid in a near Earth orbit Asteroid mining refers to the possibility of exploiting raw materials from asteroids and planetoids in space, including near Earth objects. Minerals and volatiles could be mined from an asteroid… … Wikipedia
Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Asteroid moon — An asteroid moon is an asteroid that orbits another asteroid as its natural satellite. It is thought that many asteroids may possess moons, in some cases quite substantial in size. Discoveries of asteroid moons (and binary objects, in general)… … Wikipedia
Trojan (astronomy) — In astronomy, the adjective trojan refers to a minor planet or natural satellite (moon) that shares an orbit with a larger planet or moon, but does not collide with it because it orbits around one of the two Lagrangian points of stability, L4 and … Wikipedia
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
Jupiter trojan — The Jupiter trojans, commonly called simply trojans or trojan asteroids, are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Relative to a coordinate system that is fixed on Jupiter, each Trojan orbits one or… … Wikipedia
List of Mars-crossing minor planets — A Mars crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars crossers are listed here. They include the two numbered Mars trojans 5261 Eureka and (101429) 1998 VF31. Many databases, for instance the Jet Propulsion… … Wikipedia
