Asteroid / Comet
Centaur Object
An icy small body roaming the outer planets.
Small Solar System bodies with orbits between Jupiter and Neptune, displaying both asteroidal and cometary characteristics.
Overview
Small Solar System bodies with orbits between Jupiter and Neptune, displaying both asteroidal and cometary characteristics.
See also
Comets
Dirty snowballs from the outer Solar System.
Scattered Disc Object
An icy body on a highly eccentric outer-system orbit.
Sungrazing Comet
A comet that flies through the Sun's outer atmosphere.
Meteoroid
A small chunk of cometary or asteroidal debris in space.
Asteroids
Rocky relics of the early Solar System.
Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites
Three names for one falling rock.