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Definitions of asteroids in various dictionaries:

noun - any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

noun - a type of celestial body

ASTEROIDS - Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. These terms have historica...

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It's estimated that more than 1,000 of these bodies greater than 18 miles in diameter orbit between Mars & Jupiter
At about 600 miles in diameter, Ceres is the largest first discovered of these minor planets
The total mass of these minor planets in the solar system is less than that of our moon
In 1801 Ceres became the first of these to be discovered
Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
Most of these minor planets revolve around the sun in a "belt" between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter
NASA is studying the possibility of a manned mission to one of these hurtling objects; it could help with deflection plans
These objects, aka minor planets, range in size from about 20 feet in diameter to around 485 miles in diameter
Among the most distant of these, the Trojan Group actually travels in the same orbit as Jupiter
To honor the Beatles, 4 of these mini-planets were named McCartney, Lennon, Harrison & Starr
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Plural form of asteroid.
a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.
A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.
An echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, which comprises the starfishes.
Relating to or denoting echinoderms of the class Asteroidea.
Asteroids might refer to
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disc of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered and found to have volatile-based surfaces that resemble those of comets, they were often distinguished from asteroids of the asteroid belt. In this article, the term "asteroid" refers to the minor planets of the inner Solar System including those co-orbital with Jupiter.
* There are millions of asteroids, many thought to be the shattered remnants of planetesimals, bodies within the young Sun's solar nebula that never grew large enough to become planets. The large majority of known asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or are co-orbital with Jupiter (the Jupiter trojans). However,

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