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    PLANETOID

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sunplay

    Synonyms:

    minor planet; planetoid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("planetoid" is a kind of...):

    celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "planetoid"):

    asteroid (any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter))

    KBO; Kuiper belt object (any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Quaoar (a planetoid discovered in 2002)

    Sedna (a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun)

    Holonyms ("planetoid" is a member of...):

    solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)

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