Asteroid

"That wasn't a laser blast! Something hit us!"

- Han Solo

An asteroid was a solid object orbiting a star that was smaller than a planet, ranging from dozens of meters to hundreds of kilometers in size. Asteroids were often found in an asteroid belt within a star system. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jango Fett had a dogfight in an asteroid field near Geonosis. The asteroids resulted in Kenobi fooling Jango into thinking he had destroyed the Jedi Knight. During the Galactic Civil War, Han Solo escaped from Death Squadron by flying into the Hoth asteroid field.

Smaller versions of asteroids were meteoroids, which became meteors or meteor showers in atmospheres, and meteorites on impact with planets.

Asteroids can house facilities such as the Polis Massa medical facility. They can also house dangers such as the Space worm.