minor planet

minor planet

noun Astronomy.
asteroid (def. 1).

Origin:
1860–65
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Minor_planet is always a great word to know.
So is eclipse. Does it mean:
the obscuring of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun, a lunar eclipse, or the obscuring of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth, a solar eclipse
a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Aries, containing the bright star Aldebaran also called the Bull
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minor planet
 
n
another name for asteroid

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minor planet   (mī'nər)  Pronunciation Key 
See asteroid.
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