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Meaning of asteroid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd

Definitions

A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.
starlike, star-shaped
In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter

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العربية الكويكب كويكب

Беларуская астэроід

Български астероид

Bosanski asteroid астероид

Català asteroide planetoide

Čeština asteroid

Dansk asteroide

Deutsch Asteroid

Ελληνικά αστεροειδής

Esperanto asteroido

Español asteroide planetoide

Euskara asteroide

Suomi asteroidi

Français astéroïde

Gaeilge astaróideach mionphláinéad

Galego asteroide planetoide

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hōkūnaʻi

עברית אסטרואיד

हिन्दी उपग्रह क्षुद्रग्रह

Hrvatski asteroid астероид

Magyar aszteroida kisbolygó

Հայերեն աստերոիդ աստղակերպ

Bahasa Indonesia asteroid planetoid

Íslenska smástirni

Italiano asteroide pianetino planetoide

日本語小惑星

ქართული ასტეროიდი

Қазақша астероид

한국어 소행성

Kurdî asteroîd

Lietuvių asteroidas

Latviešu asteroīds

Македонски астероид

മലയാളം ഛിന്നഗ്രഹം

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဥက္ကာပျံ

Nederlands asteroïde planetoïde

Polski asteroida planetoida

Português asteróide planetoide

Русский астероид ма́лая плане́та

Српски asteroid астероид

Svenska asteroid

ไทย ดาวเคราะห์น้อย

Tagalog asteroyd asteroyde malatala

Türkçe asteroit

Українська астероїд

Tiếng Việt tiểu hành tinh

Examples

“The orbital planes of asteroids, minor bodies that circle the Sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, are often more tilted ...”

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