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Asteroid
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Asteroids are minor planets, especially
those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been
called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any
astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disc of a planet and
was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as minor
planets in the outer Solar System were discovered, they were often distinguished
from traditional asteroids. Their volatile-based surfaces were found to resemble
comets. They are grouped with the outer bodiescentaurs, Neptune trojans,
and trans-Neptunian objectsas minor planets, which is the term preferred in
astronomical circles.
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