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  • 1. ASTEROIDS
    2. DWARF PLANETS
    3. COMETS

    Their orbit has a different inclination compared to planets' orbit.

    They can be from a few meters to several hundreds meters wide

    Spherical bodies

    Unlike planets, they have not cleared the area in which they orbit

    Most of them orbit the Sun in an area between Mars and Jupiter

    Similar, but smaller than planets

    Eros, Pluto and Ceris are 3 of them

    They have a centre called nucleus

    They orbit the Sun in an area called belt

    Made up of rocks and metals

    They lose matter when they pass close to the Sun

    Consist of rocks, ice and dust

    Long-period ones, orbit the Sun in the Oort Cloud

    They are irregular in shape

    They form tails when they pass through the inner Solar System