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  2. List of Solar System objects by size - Wikipedia

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    These lists contain the Sun, the planets, dwarf planets, many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects.

  3. 2024 YR4 - Wikipedia

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    2024 YR 4 orbits the Sun on an elliptical orbit that crosses Earth's orbit, making it an Apollo-type near-Earth object. [3] The asteroid has an orbital period of about 3.99 years and an orbital inclination of 3.41 degrees with respect to Earth's orbit . [3] The asteroid came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 22 November

  4. Asteroid - Wikipedia

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    The finding is unexpected because comets, not asteroids, are typically considered to "sprout jets and plumes". According to one of the scientists, "The lines are becoming more and more blurred between comets and asteroids." [103] Findings have shown that solar winds can react with the oxygen in the upper layer of the asteroids and create water ...

  5. Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of ...

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    A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of ... generating brightness greater than the sun, ... there are no other known large asteroids that have more than a 1% ...

  6. A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting ...

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    An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

  7. List of exceptional asteroids - Wikipedia

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    Minor planet numbers are also given to objects of the Kuiper belt, which is similar to the asteroid belt but farther out (around 30–60 AU), whereas asteroids are mostly between 2–3 AU from the Sun or at the orbit of Jupiter 5 AU from the Sun. Also, comets are not typically included under minor planet numbers, and have their own naming ...

  8. Near-Earth object - Wikipedia

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    The number of asteroids brighter than H = 25, which corresponds to about 40 m (130 ft) in diameter, is estimated at 840,000 ± 23,000 —of which about 1.3 percent had been discovered by February 2016; the number of asteroids brighter than H = 30 (larger than 3.5 m (11 ft)) is estimated at 400 ± 100 million—of which about 0.003 percent had ...

  9. List of Solar System objects - Wikipedia

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    Asteroids number in the hundreds of thousands. For longer lists, see list of exceptional asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of Solar System objects by size. Asteroid moons; A number of smaller groups distinct from the asteroid belt; The outer Solar System with the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets. Jupiter