Meaning | Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun. |
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Synonym | planetoid |
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Instances | Quaoar | A planetoid discovered in 2002 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | asteroide, planeta menor, planetoide |
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Catalan | asteroide, planeta menor, planetoide |
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