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Planetoid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See asteroid.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An asteroid of any size

n. An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object

n. A larger, planetary, body in orbit around the Sun, such as Vesta or (candidate) dwarf planets such Eris or Sedna

n. A dwarf planet

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One of the group of very small planets revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, remarkable for the eccentricity of their orbits and the greatness of their angle of inclination to the ecliptic; a minor planet; an asteroid.

n. See minor planet.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun

Word Usage

"We don't have a good definition for planet, but this thing is a little bit smaller than something I'd be willing to call a planet, so we sort of made up the name planetoid to try to describe what it is."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

heavenly body celestial body

Cross Reference

minor planet planetesimal dwarf planet

Hyponym

kbo Sedna quaoar asteroid kuiper belt object

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

asteroid

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

asteroid planetoids supernova moonlet