SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Planetoid is another term for asteroids, which are also called minor planets. Planetoids are small celestial bodies that orbit the Sun. Planets are simply defined as asteroids, but the term asteroid is not well defined either.

Detailed explanation-2: -asteroid, also called minor planet or planetoid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1, 000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring called the asteroid belt.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it’s the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Satellites. Other small bodies in our solar system comprise what we call satellites. Satellites are most often thought of as “moons” orbiting around planets.