An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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small solar system body
  جسم ِ کوچک ِ راژمان ِ خورشیدی  
jesm-e kucak-e râžmân-e xoršidi
Fr.: petit corps du système solaire  

A term introduced by the → International Astronomical Union (August 2006) to name the → solar system bodies other than → planets and → dwarf planets. Small solar system bodies include → asteroids, → comets, and → meteoroids.

See also: → small; → solar; → system; → body.