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Definitions of planetoid in various dictionaries:
noun - any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
PLANETOID - A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet ...
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| Smallish celestial body |
| Eros or Ceres |
| Ceres, Pallas or Vesta |
| Leonid apt to be mistaken for another heavenly body |
| Comic pilot Dan Dare's end as a space traveller |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Mar 31 2017 Newsday.com |
| Jun 27 2016 L.A. Times Daily |
| Oct 5 2012 The Times - Cryptic |
| Jul 2 2004 Wall Street Journal |
| Oct 20 2001 The Times - Cryptic |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| See asteroid. |
| another term for |
| any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) |
| an asteroid |
| Planetoid description |
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| A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet. Before 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially used the term minor planet, but during that year's meeting it reclassified minor planets and comets into dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies (SSSBs).Minor planets can be dwarf planets, asteroids, trojans, centaurs, Kuiper belt objects, and other trans-Neptunian objects. As of 2018, the orbits of 757,626 minor planets were archived at the Minor Planet Center, 516,386 of which had received permanent numbers (for the complete list, see index).The first minor planet to be discovered was Ceres in 1801. The term minor planet has been used since the 19th century to describe these objects. The term planetoid has also been used, especially for larger (planetary) objects such as those the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has called |