Notable Asteroids
24 entries in the Notable Asteroids compendium.
Near-Earth asteroidNear-Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits bring them close to Earth.2025 GN1Second closest-orbiting asteroid to the Sun, paired with 2021 PH27.2025 PN7A small Arjuna asteroid and Earth's most recently discovered quasi-satellite.Asteroid impact predictionPredicting when and where asteroids will strike Earth.Earth trojanOnly two Earth trojan asteroids are known, both at L4.Asteroid beltA torus-shaped region between Mars and Jupiter containing many asteroids.2010 AA15Asteroid once suspected of colliding with 354P/LINEAR.2025 MN45Fastest rotating large asteroid known as of 2026.152830 DinkineshFirst flyby target of NASA's Lucy mission.(458271) 2010 UM26 and (796785) 2010 RN221Young asteroid pair from a dissociated binary system.Binary asteroidTwo asteroids orbiting a common center of mass.Minor-planet moonA natural satellite orbiting a minor planet, revealing mass and density.2017 YE5Binary near-Earth asteroid likely originating as an extinct comet.22 KalliopeA large M-type asteroid with a moon, Linus.31 EuphrosyneThird-roundest asteroid, discovered from North America in 1854.41 DaphneLarge, dark asteroid with a tiny moon and chaotic orbit.44 NysaLargest E-type asteroid, a contact trinary with a moon.90 AntiopeA double asteroid with two nearly equal components orbiting each other.121 HermioneA large binary asteroid with a snowman-like shape and a moon.243 IdaFirst asteroid found to have a natural satellite.317 RoxaneAsteroid with a moon and a meteorite connection.379 HuennaA main-belt asteroid with a distant, eccentric moon.617 PatroclusFirst binary trojan asteroid, icy like a comet.624 HektorLargest Jupiter trojan, elongated contact binary with a moon.
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