small Solar System body

Small Solar System bodies have also been suggested as habitats for extremophiles.

Odd fragments and planetary moons, as well as everything else, are now "small solar system bodies."

In 2006, the term "small Solar System body" was introduced to cover both most minor planets and comets.

The remainder of the objects in orbit around the Sun are small Solar System bodies.

Smaller bodies like asteroids are classified as "small Solar System bodies".

They are used for dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as asteroids, but not comets.

This is a list of the lists of small Solar System bodies and dwarf planets.

The Solar System is also home to two main belts of small solar system body.

Centaurs are small Solar System bodies with a semi-major axis between those of the giant planets.

Comets are small Solar System bodies, typically only a few kilometres across, composed largely of volatile ices.

Some small Solar System bodies are believed to be fragments of Vesta caused by collisions.

The NetLander design has been examined as the basis for a small solar system body lander, such as a comet.

Japanese interplanetary probes have been limited to Small Solar System bodies such as comets and asteroids.

Asteroids are small Solar System bodies composed mainly of refractory rocky and metallic minerals, with some ice.

In the new solar system there are eight planets, at least three dwarf planets, and a multitude of "smaller solar system bodies."

The concept of hydrostatic equilibrium has also become important in determining whether an astronomical object is a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body.

Although designed with "Phobos in mind" according to Pavone, this technology could be applied to missions to other small Solar System bodies.

Though it is thought to contain dozens of dwarf planets, it is composed mainly of small Solar System bodies.

It may be a member of a new population of small Solar System bodies that serves as the source of Halley-type comets.

According to the IAU, "the term 'minor planet' may still be used, but generally the term 'small solar system body' will be preferred."

Except for the largest, which are in hydrostatic equilibrium, moons differ from small Solar System bodies not in size, but in their orbits.

During its 2006 meeting, the Union reclassified minor planets and comets into dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies.

Henceforth there will be eight planets, at least three dwarf planets, and tens of thousands of "smaller solar system bodies," like comets and asteroids.

The mission extension was the first to revisit a small solar system body and used the remaining propellant, signaling the end of the useful life for the spacecraft.

Small Solar System bodies - smallest gravitationally bound bodies, including asteroids, comets, and Kuiper belt objects.