asteroid

Summary

asteroid is an astronomical object type^[1]. asteroid ranks in the top 4% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,013 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• asteroid's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3].
• asteroid is a type of minor planet^[4].
• asteroid is a type of small Solar System body^[5].
• asteroid is part of gravitationally bound system^[6].
• asteroid is used for colonization of the asteroid belt^[7].
• asteroid is used for asteroid mining^[8].
• asteroid's Commons category is recorded as Asteroids^[9].
• asteroid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asteroids^[10].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[16].
• asteroid's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• asteroid's topic has template is recorded as Template:Asteroids^[18].
• asteroid's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroids^[19].
• asteroid's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://space.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroid^[20].
• asteroid's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/asteroids^[21].
• asteroid's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Asteroid^[22].
• asteroid's different from is recorded as minor planet^[23].
• asteroid's properties for this type is recorded as P720^[24].
• asteroid's studied by is recorded as planetary science^[25].
• asteroid's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[26].
• asteroid's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

asteroid's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3]. Recorded subclass of include minor planet^[4] and small Solar System body^[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include colonization of the asteroid belt^[7] and asteroid mining^[8]. asteroid is part of gravitationally bound system^[6].

Influence

Things named for asteroid include 20461 Dioretsa^[28], a Damocloid asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

asteroid ranks in the top 4% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,013 views/month).^[2] asteroid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] asteroid is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for asteroid include 20461 Dioretsa^[28], a Damocloid asteroid^[29].