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...m; they are smaller than planets but larger than [[meteoroids]]. The term "asteroid" has historically been applied primarily to minor [[planets]] of the inner ...nything smaller than ten metres across being called a meteoroid. The term "asteroid" is ill-defined. It never had a [[formal]] definition, with the broader ter

...smaller objects. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt asteroid belt], which lies between Mars and Jupiter, is similar to the terrestrial planet

...ets [[originate]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_Belt Kuiper Belt], or its [[associated]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered_disc scatt ..._planet) centaurs] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid#Terminology asteroid terminology]).

...the vicinity of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt asteroid belt].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor#Meteor]

In our [[solar system]], many of the [[asteroid]]-sized [[moons]] have retrograde [[orbits]] whereas all the large moons ex ==Asteroids, comets, and Kuiper belt objects==

...s for almost half a century, became classified with the new designation "[[asteroid]]." From this point, a "planet" came to be understood, in the absence of an ...2000s, there was a flood of discoveries of similar objects in the [[Kuiper belt|same region]] of the Solar System. Like Ceres and the asteroids before it,

...smithereens that remained of the Blue Oraphim planet is now your asteroid belt.

...ith the [[magnetosphere]] of the Earth to create the [[Van Allen radiation belt]]s, as well as the [[aurora (astronomy)|aurora]] where the lines of the [[E ...[[planet]]s, [[natural satellite|moons]], [[dwarf planet]]s, [[comet]]s, [[asteroid]]s, and other bodies orbiting the Sun, as well as extrasolar planets. The [

...story of the planet played a role in the formation of the oceans. Later, [[asteroid]] impacts caused significant changes to the surface environment. Long term ...ween the magnetic field and the solar wind forms the [[Van Allen radiation belt]]s, a pair of concentric, [[torus]]-shaped regions of energetic [[charged p