2675 Tolkien

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2675 Tolkien is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by M. Watt in 1982. It is named after J.R.R. Tolkien, a philologi...

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2675 Tolkien is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by M. Watt in 1982. It is named after J.R.R. Tolkien, a philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Asteroids (from Greek 'star' and 'like, in form') are a class of Small Solar System Bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disk of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as small objects in the outer Solar System were discovered, their volatile-based surfaces were found to more closely resemble comets, and so were often distinguished from traditional asteroids.