Asteroid (disambiguation) — Asteroid may refer to:*Asteroid, the astronomical object; this is the primary definition. Specific variants include the following: ** Amor asteroid ** Apollo asteroid ** Apohele asteroid ** Arjuna asteroid ** Aten asteroid ** Binary asteroid **… … 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
Earth — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Earth … 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 moon — A trojan moon is a natural satellite of a planet occupying the L4 or L5 equilateral Lagrangian points of a primary moon system. They are named by analogy with the Trojan asteroids, which occupy the L4 and L5 points of the Sun Jupiter system.Four… … 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
Neptune trojan — Types of Distant Minor Planets Cis Neptunian objects Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans Neptunian objects (TNOs)‡ Kuiper belt objects … Wikipedia
Other moons of Earth — This article is about the scientific search for other moons of Earth. For Lilith, Earth s second moon in astrology, see Lilith (hypothetical moon). Earth with two moons Claims have existed for many centuries that the Earth might possess other… … Wikipedia
