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planetoid

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planetoid: see asteroid asteroid, planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist.
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planetoid [′plan·ə‚tȯid]
(astronomy)
asteroid


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