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These are lists of asteroids, e.g. by discoverer or by number. See list of minor planets for an overview and numbering and naming conventions . Pages in category "Lists of asteroids"
VLT/SPHERE images of most asteroids > 210 km in diameter to scale. Deconvolved with MISTRAL algorithm. Main-belt asteroids > 200 km that were not imaged are (451) Patientia, (65) Cybele and (107) Camilla. Trojan (624) Hektor may also be in this size range. VLT/SPHERE images of a large number of asteroids 100 to 210 km in diameter, to scale.
Images of visited asteroids illustrating their differences: (top row) 433 Eros and 243 Ida with its moon Dactyl, (bottom row) Ceres and 101955 Bennu. Sizes are not to scale. An asteroid is a minor planet —an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet — that orbits within the inner Solar System .
Trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2007 PA 8 's Earth flyby in 2012. This is a list of examples where an asteroid or meteoroid travels close to the Earth. Some are regarded as potentially hazardous objects if they are estimated to be large enough to cause regional devastation.
Diagram showing different asteroid paths. The yellow band marks the Earth's orbit; the red line marks the asteroid's path. Outer-grazer(†): middle, bottom Crosser: right, bottom Close approach trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Flyby of the near-Earth asteroid 2004 FH in March 2004.
This is a list of Aten asteroids, a group of near-Earth objects. As of January 2017 [update] , there are 1125 known Atens, [ 1 ] most of which remain provisionally designated without a number, [ 2 ] as they have not been observed at two or more oppositions .
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
Unless specified otherwise, subcategorized asteroids should be sorted using a 0-padded 6-digit sortkey based on their numerical designation. Otherwise, their provisional designation should be used. For example, 493 Griseldis would use [[Category:Small-asteroids collision|000493]]. (6178) 1986 DA would use [[Category:Radar-imaged asteroids|006178]].