A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids range from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. They are remnants from the early solar system that never coalesced into a planet.
A region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found. Despite popular depi...
Any small solar system body whose orbit brings it close to Earth, with a perihelion distance less than 1.3 AU. Includes ...
A small rocky or metallic body in space, from grain-of-sand to one-meter size. When entering Earth's atmosphere, it crea...
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