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This chapter will cover the somewhat confusing terminology surrounding: How planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids are so defined. The meaning of the myriad of numbers and names used to designate asteroids. The quantities used to describe the orbit of an asteroid around the Sun – its orbital elements.
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Dymock, R. (2010). Small (and Not So Small) Solar System Bodies. In: Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them. Astronomers' Observing Guides. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6439-7_2
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