Asteroid (ἀστεροειδή) describes a member of the class of rocky objects in space that are smaller than planets or dwarf planets.
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Fictional Asteroids[]
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- 2008 Innoculatus - "Natural Imapct Hazard (Asteroid Strike) Interagency Deliberate Planning Exercise After Action Report" December 4, 2008 HAF/A8XC
- 207061 Themba - Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empire
- 2011GV1 - Ben H. Winters' novel The Last Policeman
A[]
- A-5 - "Two Against the Rock" episode of Space Precinct television series
- Alfred Wegener (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
- Arabia Deserta (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Aspen (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199) (see also vacation Planet)
- Asteroid Apollo (home to the Tellus Zoological Dome) - Brian Aldiss's novel The Dark Light Years
- Asteroid HS-5388 (the future Earth-Moon Space Station Spot Three) - Robert A. Heinlein's short story "Misfit"
- Asteroid 460 - Supernova 2005 tv movie
- Aymara (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
B[]
- Bangtian Kongzhong Yizou Men - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
C[]
- CA-2216862 - James S. Corey's novel Leviathan Awakes
- Cheateau Garden (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, pp. 453, 444-445
- Confinement Asteroid (see Prison Planet) - Larry Niven's novel Protector
- The Copenhagen Interpretation (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Crimea (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
D[]
- Delta of Venus (terraformed farming world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
E[]
- Erewhon (orbits the supermassive Big Bertha) - Brian Aldiss's short story "The Impossible Star," in his collection Who Can Replace a Man?, pp. 102-106
F[]
- Factory Rock - Stephen Baxter's novel Exultant, p. 170
- Farmer's Asteroid - Larry Niven's novel Protector
- Flavia - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces
- Fzan-Juym - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata
G[]
- Garret - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician
- Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 34 (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Grindewald - (terraformed recreational moutain climbing world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
- Gutter in Roger Levy's novel The Rig, p. 141.
H[]
- Habitat-Seven (hollowed out body) - James Morrow's 1985 novel This is the Way the World Ends, p. 196
- Henry David (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 539
- Hermaphrodite (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Hinkley - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician, p. 146
I[]
- Ishiki's Rock - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe, p. 225
J[]
- Jackson's Reef Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empire, page 35
- John Muir (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
K[]
- K-157 - Wiliam F. Nolan's "Happily Ever After," a short story in his collection collection A Wilderness of Stars
- Kampuchea (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
- Keanu (X2016 K1) - David S. Goyer & Michael Cassutt's novel Heaven's Shadow
I[]
- Icarus (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Icehenge, p. 191; and his novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Ilion - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It, p. 45
- Inner Mongolia (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, pp. 233, 444-445
- Irrawady 14 (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
- The Little Prince (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
M[]
- Mahmed Asteroid - Larry Niven's novel Protector
- The Maldives (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Memory Alpha - "The Lights of Zetar," Star Trek: The Original Series, Episode 73, Season 3, 1-31-1969.
- Merlin's Asteroid - "Body & Soul" episode of Space Precinct television series
- Moldova (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 213
N[]
- Nelson Mandela(terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 441 (see also Prison Planet)
- Nomad - Alfred Bester's novel The Stars My Destination
O[]
- Orinoco Fantastico (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
- Orion Rock - Stephen Baxter's novel Exultant, p. 387
- Oro Valley (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
P[]
- Patrol E-Stat A-55 - Andre Norton's novel Plague Ship
- Peco in Roger Levy's novel The Rig, p. 141
- Pleistocene (terraformed) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312
- Porto Jeffre Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empire, page 35
- Programming Error(unsuccessfully terraformed) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 56
- Puert Alto (captured and turned into a Space Station) - Ben Jeapes's novel Phoenicia's World
Q[]
- Quin Base - Stephen Baxter's novel Exultant, pp. 85, 87
R[]
- Radnor Pleasure Asteroid - Kurt Heinrich Hyatt's short story, "Cellarman", Aphelion December 2010-January 2011, Vol. 14, Issue 148
- Rogers - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician, p. 146
- Rolling Rock - Justina Robson's short story "Cracklegrackle" in The New Space Opera 2
S[]
- Saint George (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Sequoia Kings Canyon (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Source of the Peach Blossom Stream (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- South Pacific 101 (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 442
- Spaceland - Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man, p. 112.
- Sugar Mountain Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empire
T[]
- Tatar Soul (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Thor Five - Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empires
- Thorshammer - Colin Harvey's novel Winter Song
- Tijuana - Cowboy Bebop anime
- Trantor - Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empire
- Trieste (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
W[]
- Water Drop (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Waystation - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Icehenge, p. 211
- The Whorl (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
- Winnipeg (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 214
Y[]
- Yggdrasil (unsuccessfully terraformed) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 56, 215
Z[]
- The Zanzibar Cat (terraformed world) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, Pp. 198-199
Real[]
- 25 Phocaea (Zekeston, a.k.a. Ezeziel's Town) - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It
- Amor - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Icehenge
- 433 Eros - James S. A. Corey's novel series The Expanse; Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game
- 1 Ceres - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle; James S. A. Corey's novel series The Expanse
- Hilda - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Icehenge
- Itokawa
- 2 Pallas
- Unnamed 1000 ft. long Trojan in the same orbit as the Earth