as the main asteroid belt. The total mass of all the asteroids combined is only 3% that of Earth's Moon. The majority of main belt asteroids follow slightly...

has shown that the asteroid belt has between 700,000 and 1.7 million asteroids with a diameter of 1 km or more. The number of asteroids in the main belt...

saucers' counter-fire. The game becomes harder as the number of asteroids increases. Asteroids was conceived during a meeting between Logg and Rains, who decided...

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are...

Most known PHOs and NEOs are asteroids, but about 0.35% are comets. There are over 34,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and over 120 known short-period...

Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining...

An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination...

Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth. By definition, Atens are Earth-crossing asteroids (a < 1...

order, see List of minor planets. Asteroids are given minor planet numbers, but not all minor planets are asteroids. Minor planet numbers are also given...

The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor /ˈeɪmɔːr/. The orbital perihelion of these objects is...