On May 31st, 2013, an asteroid made its closest approach to earth in the next two centuries. But what on earth (or rather, in space) is an asteroid? This article explains what makes an asteroid, a planetoid, and a meteoroid.
What is an asteroid, a planetoid, a meteoroid?
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