Asteroid

Meaning

Noun

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In Astronomy:

A

, which is

than a

,

than a

and not a

, that

and often has an

shape.

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In Astronomy & Asteroids:

In the Solar system, such a body that

within the

of Jupiter

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In Zoology & Echinoderms:

Any

of the

Asteroidea; a starfish.

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Origin

asteroid

English

ἀστεροειδής

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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