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    of lists of asteroids of the Solar System that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit. For the purposes of this article, "asteroid"...
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    longer lists, see list of exceptional asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of Solar System objects by size. Asteroid moons A number of smaller groups distinct...
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  • List of named minor planets (numerical) List of exceptional asteroids List of trans-Neptunian objects List of fast rotators (minor planets) List of slow...
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    Lists of small Solar System bodies Lists of comets List of meteor showers Minor planets List of minor planets List of exceptional asteroids List of minor...
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    best-known entry is Pluto, listed as 134340 Pluto. The vast majority (97.3%) of minor planets are asteroids from the asteroid belt (the catalog uses a color...
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    significant scientific interest (see List of exceptional asteroids): Ceres (2.55–2.98 AU) is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. It is the largest object...
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    top back to top back to top back to top Light curve List of exceptional asteroids List of minor planets Data source, reference: Warner, B.D., Harris,...
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    Exoasteroid (redirect from Exo-asteroid)
    Debris disk Disrupted planet List of asteroid close approaches to Earth List of exceptional asteroids Lost minor planet Meanings of minor-planet names Protoplanetary...
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    as the main asteroid belt. Asteroids are generally classified to be of three types: C-type, M-type, and S-type. These describe asteroids with carbonaceous...
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    media related to Ceres (dwarf planet). List of exceptional asteroids List of Solar System objects by size List of former planets Calculated based on known...
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    asteroid Asteroid mining Aten asteroid Colonization of the asteroid belt Debris disk Exoasteroid Exoasteroid belt List of exceptional asteroids List of...
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    radiation belt Mars ♂ Moons of Mars Asteroid belt Asteroid groups Asteroids Ceres ⚳ Pallas ⚴ Juno ⚵ Vesta ⚶ Hygiea Active asteroids Kirkwood gaps Outer Solar...
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    discovery of the potential impact heightened interest in asteroid deflection strategies. List of exceptional asteroids § Landmark asteroids Asteroid impact...
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  • moon of 45 Eugenia (The Little Prince, hero of book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) List of minor planets List of exceptional asteroids List of minor planets...
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    372 Palma (redirect from Palma (asteroid))
    in a fixed orbit around the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. List of exceptional asteroids "Palma Christi". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...
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    87 Sylvia (redirect from Sylvia (asteroid))
    have the same albedo as their primary. List of exceptional asteroids Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language JPL data Retrieved...
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  • (144898) 2004 VD17 (category Apollo asteroids)
    parent of the Aubrite asteroids 99942 Apophis Asteroid impact avoidance Aubrite asteroid family E-type asteroid Hungaria family of asteroids List of exceptional...
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    formation of the Solar System. Another potential source of retrograde Jupiter trojans are escaping near-Earth asteroids. List of exceptional asteroids § Retrograde...
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    would separate from each other, making a true binary system. List of exceptional asteroids "216 Kleopatra". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 April 2017...
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  • predecessor of the outstandingly successful NEAT program. The first NEO discovered by PACS was (5496) 1973 NA, an Apollo asteroid with an exceptional orbital...
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    This is a list of fast rotators—"minor planets" (which includes asteroids) that have an exceptionally short rotation period, also called "rotation rate"...
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    of near-Earth asteroids observed by a radar are found to be triple systems such as this one. The only other unambiguously identified triple asteroids...
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    0-m reflector + CCD) 20461 Dioretsa a.k.a. 1999 LD31 2000 DG8 List of exceptional asteroids "(612093) 1999 LE31". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 April...
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    co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) and more than 500 asteroids. Having earned...
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    C-type asteroids, indicating that this object possibly formed in the same environment as the C-type asteroids found today in the outer asteroid belt. Unlike...
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    2010 JL88 (category Apollo asteroids)
    2014 RC, which has a period of 16 seconds but still an uncertain period solution. List of exceptional asteroids List of fast rotators (minor planets)...
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    Amy Mainzer (category California Institute of Technology alumni)
    Wikidata Q56423853. List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects "NASA's NEOWISE Completes Scan for Asteroids and Comets –...
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  • Asteroidal water is water or water precursor deposits such as hydroxide (OH−) that exist in asteroids (i.e., small Solar System bodies (SSSBs) not explicitly...
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  • Eleanor F. Helin (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    stimulating worldwide interest in asteroids. In recognition of her accomplishments, she received NASA's Exceptional Service Medal. After conducting the...
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    2007 TU24 (category Apollo asteroids)
    geosynchronous communication satellites. List of exceptional asteroids Asteroid impact avoidance Asteroid naming conventions Radar astronomy JPL Small-Body Database...
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