Assertion: asteroid | /r/HasProperty | distinguished
Facets:
value: from other sub-planetary bodies
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: by being rocky
type: CAUSE
value: from actual planets
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Asteroids are distinguished from actual planets by having insufficient gravity to become round in shape and to "clear their orbit" of smaller bodies in the vicinity by attracting them to the surface or in orbit around them as satellites.
text: Also asteroids are often distinguished from other sub-planetary bodies by being rocky but most of the time an asteroid is called an asteroid if any part of its orbit is within the orbit of Jupiter and it is not a comet, moon (or meteoroid - not sure where the cut off is though