ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇ ᴀsᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅs??????????????
ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs.
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ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇ ᴀsᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅs??????????????
ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs.
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ᴀɴ ᴀsᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅ ɪs ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴɴᴇʀ sᴏʟᴀʀ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ. ʜɪsᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏ ᴀsᴛʀᴏɴᴏᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴏʀʙɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇsᴏʟᴠᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴅɪsᴄ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴇʟᴇsᴄᴏᴘᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪsᴛɪᴄs ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇᴛ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀ ᴛᴀɪʟ.
Explanation:
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Historically, these terms have been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail.