asteroid

Definitions

1. 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.
2. Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.
3. starlike, star-shaped
4. In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter

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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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