Meaning | Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter). |
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Instances | Apollo asteroid | An asteroid whose orbit crosses the Earth's orbit |
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Ceres | The largest asteroid and the first discovered |
Pallas | A large asteroid |
Pluto | A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun |
Vesta | The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered |
Narrower | Chiron | An asteroid discovered in 1977 |
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Broader | minor planet, planetoid | Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun |
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Spanish | asteroide, planetoide |
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Catalan | asteroide, planetoide |
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Adjectives | asteroid | shaped like a star |
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asteroidal | of or relating to or resembling an asteroid |