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minor planet: 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. ..... Click the link for more information. . minor planet [′mīn·ər ′plan·ət] (astronomy) Those planets smaller than the earth, specifically Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Everything dies--/poppies, antelope, dinosaurs,/mountain peaks, planetoids, black holes--/even the universe may die. ``It's for projects involving the solar system, doing supernova research, searching for planetoids and measuring moon craters,'' said Jeremy Amarant, the district's planetarium director. The ground beneath it melted, but when it had cooled down, out came the great Scarab, King of the Planetoids. |
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