asteroid
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
asteroid (plural asteroids)
- (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish
asteroid (plural asteroids)
- (astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star
- (astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
- French: astéroïde
- German: Asteroid
- Italian: asteroide, pianetino, planetoide
- Portuguese: asteróide, planetóide
- Russian: астеро́ид
- Spanish: asteroide, planetoide
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