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Descriptor English: Minor Planets
Descriptor Spanish: Planetas Menores
Descriptor planetas menores
Entry term(s) asteroide
asteroides
planeta menor
planetoides
plutoides
Scope note: Pequeños cuerpos planetarios del sistema solar, incluidos los asteroides. La mayoría de los asteroides se han descubierto en la zona comprendida entre las órbitas de Marte y Júpiter.
Descriptor Portuguese: Planetas Menores
Descriptor French: Planètes mineures
Entry term(s): Asteroid
Asteroids
Minor Planet
Planet, Minor
Planetoids
Planets, Minor
Plutoid
Plutoids
Tree number(s): G01.060.075.730.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018543
Scope note: Small solar system planetary bodies including asteroids. Most asteroids are found within the gap lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Extraterrestrial Environment (1966-1990)
Solar System (1991-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32143
Unique ID: D018543
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Minor Planets - Preferred
Concept UI M0027805
Scope note Small solar system planetary bodies including asteroids. Most asteroids are found within the gap lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Preferred term Minor Planets
Entry term(s) Minor Planet
Planet, Minor
Planets, Minor
Plutoid
Plutoids
Planetoids - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0522654
Preferred term Planetoids
Asteroids - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0522655
Preferred term Asteroids
Entry term(s) Asteroid



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