Re:An Earth-sized rogue planet discovered in the Milky Way
by dredmorbius on Saturday October 31, 2020 @07:28PM
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Asteroids orbit the Sun (or presumably other stars), but don't clear their orbital path, generally within the inner Solar system (within Jupiter's orbit).
Dwarf planets are another classification, and can include asteroids, but also other types of bodies (Pluto is often classified as an Kuiper belt object). "A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that does not dominate its region of space and is not a satellite."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
Rogue planets orbit no star. They are interstellar objects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet
Dwarf planets are another classification, and can include asteroids, but also other types of bodies (Pluto is often classified as an Kuiper belt object). "A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that does not dominate its region of space and is not a satellite."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet