Assertion: asteroid | /r/HasProperty | rocky
Facets:
value: predominantly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
text: You might remember that before we had "An asteroid is a predominantly rocky body that orbits around its star", which did not exclude e.g. the Earth or rocky planets around other stars.
text: Asteroids are rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun but are too small to be considered planets.
text: If you're an astronomy buff, you've probably heard the age-old adage that asteroids are rocky and comets are icy.
text: They are rocky, small, airless remnants leftover from the early formation of our solar system that is about 4.6 billion years ago.
text: In any case, the definition that you wrote on this page that an asteroid is a rocky body and a sub-class of minor planets, is your own invention.