planetoid
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planetoid:
see asteroidasteroid,planetoid,
or minor planet,
small body orbiting the sun. More than 300,000 asteroids have been identified and cataloged; more than a million are believed to exist in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, with many more in the Kuiper belt
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planetoid
[′plan·ə‚tȯid] (astronomy)
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