minor planet

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minor planet

See asteroid.

minor planet

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) another name for asteroid [1]

minor planet (m

See asteroid.

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Noun

minor planet - any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun

planetoid

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)

celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky

KBO, Kuiper belt object - any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system

solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

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