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"Asteroids" redirects here. This article is about the astronomical bodies. For the arcade game, see Asteroids (game).

An asteroid is a predominantly rocky body that orbits around its star. In our solar system, asteroids are the best known class of minor planet (or planetoid). They are much smaller than even the small major planets such as Mercury or Mars. The vast majority of the asteroids are found within the main asteroid belt, with elliptical orbits between those of Mars and Jupiter. It is thought that asteroids are remnants of the protoplanetary disc, and in this region the incorporation of protoplanetary remnants into the planets was prevented by large gravitational perturbations induced by Jupiter during the formative period of the solar system. Some asteroids have moons.

Asteroids in the solar system


Hundreds of thousands of asteroids have been discovered within the solar system and the present rate of discovery is about 5000 per month. As of April 14, 2006, from a total of 330,795 registered minor planets, 129,436 have orbits known well enough to be given permanent official numbers. Of these, 13,040 have official names (trivia: at least 610 of these names require diacritics). The lowest-numbered but unnamed minor planet is (3360) 1981 VA; the highest-numbered named minor planet is 129342 Épendes .

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Just played: Around The Bend - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit(Small giants)
WRNC_Live (97.7 WRNC) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:16:49 -0000
Just played: Around The Bend - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit(Small giants)
the answer is Asteroids
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the answer is Asteroids
Talk about a giant leap forward; the 1.4 Gigapixel camera. Scanning for asteroids as small as 300m. http://is.gd/5yO1T
tradshad (tradshad) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:23:14 -0000
Talk about a giant leap forward; the 1.4 Gigapixel camera. Scanning for asteroids as small as 300m. http://is.gd/5yO1T
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Mental list of everythig that can still go wrong: lost luggage, damaged gifts, delays ib IND,lost father, meteors/asteroids, water monsters.
News: Quick Hits & Clips: Children Collide, Asteroids Galaxy Tour, No Sleep Records, La Dispute http://goo.gl/fb/UwKz
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listening to "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Sun Ain't Shining No More" ♫ http://blip.fm/~i7qxk
SafroniaB (Benedetta) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:32:35 -0000
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Belter - Battle over 20 different kinds of space debris, grab power-ups, and solve puzzle stages in this action space adventure set outside the orbit of Mars, in the asteroid belt. Requires Flash.
Meta Description: [ Battle over 20 different kinds of space debris, grab power-ups, defeat huge bosses, and solve dangerous puzzle stages in this action space adventure set outside the orbit of Mars, in the asteroid belt. ]

Flashteroids - Online Flash game based on the concept of the arcade classic Asteroids. Collect all the flashing targets that appear in sequence, in as little time as possible. Offers three difficulty levels.
Meta Description: [ An Asteroids-style Flash game made by Ade Rowbotham. ]

Mediaroids - Try to get the most points possible in this online Java game based on the original Asteroids arcade classic.
Meta Description: [ Mediaroids - the free asteroids space shooter which runs in your browser. Check out www.medialore.com for more games! ]

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