| NOUN | object | minor planet, planetoid | any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun. | |
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| Synonym | planetoid | |
| Instances | Quaoar | A planetoid discovered in 2002 |
| Sedna | A planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003 | |
| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| Narrower | Kuiper belt object, KBO | Any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system |
| asteroid | Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) | |
| Broader | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
| Spanish | asteroide, planeta menor, planetoide | |
| Catalan | asteroide, planeta menor, planetoide | |
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