asteroid
minor planet of the inner Solar System; not a comet
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Summary
asteroid is an astronomical object type[1]. asteroid ranks in the top 4% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,017 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: minor planet[3], small Solar System body[4]
- Part of: gravitationally bound system[5]
- Has use: colonization of the asteroid belt[6], asteroid mining[7]
- Commons category: Asteroids[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Asteroids[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
- Topic has template: Template:Asteroids[17]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroids[18], https://space.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroid[19], https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroids[20]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Asteroid[21]
- Different from: minor planet[22]
- Properties for this type: P720[23]
- Studied by: planetary science[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[25], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
Body
Influence
Things named for asteroid include 20461 Dioretsa[27], a Damocloid asteroid[28].
Why It Matters
asteroid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] asteroid is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for asteroid include 20461 Dioretsa[27], a Damocloid asteroid[28].