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Originally Posted by Blob
Hum,
The term `minor planet` is banned.
All references to it should be removed from the textbooks, public buildings and temples;
The term `small solar system objects` is now preferred.
The term `Asteroid` can be used, but not in public debate or scientific papers - it is best used in pubs for tittle-tattle.
However, Ceres is technically not a small solar system objects because it is a dwarf planet.
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The IAU Small Solar System Body Center, eh?
Since dwarf planets are also
minor planets asteroids, the term "asteroid" includes both non-cometary SSSBs and dwarf planets. In other words, asteroids don't form a subset of SSSBs.