
46720 Pierostroppa
Near-Earth Object, Small Solar System Body, Centaur (Minor Planet), Kuiper Belt
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46720 Pierostroppa (1997 PO4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese. Asteroids (from Greek 'star' and 'like, in form') are a class of Small Solar System Bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disk of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as small objects in the outer Solar System were discovered, their volatile-based...
46720 Pierostroppa (1997 PO4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese. Asteroids (from Greek 'star' and 'like, in form') are a class of Small Solar System Bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disk of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as small objects in the outer Solar System were discovered, their volatile-based surfaces were found to more closely resemble comets, and so were often distinguished from traditional asteroids.