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Spacedock asteroid

A spacedock carved into an asteroid.

An asteroid is a small, rocky celestial body, usually of irregular shape and smaller than a planet or planetoid. They often result during the formation of a star system when stellar materials fail to form into a single body. In some cases, asteroids are the result of the destruction of larger celestial bodies.

History and specifics[]

Soukara asteroid field

Asteroids.

There were many asteroids around Bajor. The Bajoran Resistance used to land their ships on asteroids and ride them undetected through the B'hava'el system. In 2370, Kira Nerys used the same tactic with a Starfleet runabout in the Davon system to sneak the vessel close to a moon to rescue a kidnapped Horta. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)

At the Rashanar Battle Site, there was an asteroid composed of antimatter from the destroyed ships there. (ST - A Time to... novels: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)

The natives of a planet in the Nabu system sent their criminals to asteroids which were doomed to explode. (TOS comic: "The Devil's Isle of Space")

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Asteroids.

The asteroids in the Ferrous-Asteroid Belt were unusually high in iron content. They were mined until such operations were made illegal. (TOS comic: "The Trial of Captain Kirk")

Constructions[]

Humans and other races have converted larger asteroids into habitats by mining their interiors and building within their hollow shells. Project Genesis is a notable example of an asteroid being utilized in this way. (TOS movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Starbase 5 was build inside an asteroid. The body's core was melted via induction and then its interior blown outward with neon gas to form a hollow, spherical shell. A massive door was built to provide access to the interior. (Stardate Magazine vol. 2 (1985), Issue 8: "Some Star Bases: A Profile")

In the 23rd century, Outpost 4 was built one mile beneath the surface of an asteroid in system S1423. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror", SNW episode: "A Quality of Mercy")

Cardassian Internment Camp 371 was built on an asteroid. (DS9 episode: "In Purgatory's Shadow")

Collisions with planets[]

Large asteroid impacts were known to cause extinction-level events on planets, including Earth 65 million years ago. (TOS novel: First Frontier, VOY episode: "Distant Origin")

In 2268, Captain James T. Kirk and Spock operated an asteroid deflector on Amerind in a Preserver obelisk to prevent an asteroid from colliding with Amerind. (TOS episode & Star Trek 7 novelization: The Paradise Syndrome)

See also: asteroid belt

Classifications[]

Named asteroids[]

Appendices[]

Connections[]

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Galactic regions: quadrantsectorclusternebulastar system
System bodies: starplanetplanetoiddwarf planetmoonasteroidmeteoroidcomet

Background[]

In some early TOS comics, a few worlds identified as asteroids were technically, by definition, dwarf planets or planetoids, such as the Giant Brain asteroid, Grotus, Klwama's asteroid, and Zettin.

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