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A small body orbiting the sun ranging in size from 10 metres to 1000 kilometres in diameter. A meteor or asteroid impact on Earth would likely be cataclysmic.
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Small, rocky world. Most asteroids are between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. See Asteroid, Comet and Meteor Facts page.
Ãâó: www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/glossary.html
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Any of the thousands of small rocky objects that orbit around the Sun, most of them between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (although some pass closer to the Sun that Earth does and others have orbits that take them well beyond Jupiter). The largest asteroid is one called Ceres; it's about as wide as the state of Texas.
Ãâó: www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/14...
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| asteroid |
small celestial body composed of either metal, rock, ice, or any combination of the above.
Ãâó: www.dp9.com/Worlds/jc_glossary.htm
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| asteroid |
An interplanetary body, of varying size not associated with a fixed orbit
Ãâó: www.meteoriteman.com/glossary.htm
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