asteroid
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- noun
- /ˈæstərɔɪd/
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asteroide
- NASA's mission to explore the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter will help us learn more about the formation of our solar system.
- asteroid belt
- asteroid strike
- near-Earth asteroid
Here's the thing, that asteroid, it's not real.
- Here's the thing, that asteroid, it's not real.
- NASA's mission to the asteroid Psyche is back on track.
- Or maybe if they're mining asteroids that might produce dust that we could detect.
- Dear Atheist, how is it that Cavemen survived the asteroid but the dinosaurs didn't?
- Nuclear war is the only event other than an asteroid strike that could end civilization.
- So one very well known example would be mining asteroids.
- One, we have an iron asteroid strikes the earth.
- So let's start by placing as the little asteroid over here.
Examples
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An asteroid 12 miles in diameter struck the Earth.
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Deflecting an asteroid: chances are high that an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth even now.
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This is the next reason this asteroid was chosen.
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Let's go get an asteroid and pull back the platinum.
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So these are the expected number of asteroids that we have for each size.
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Last but not least, asteroids are becoming commercially interesting.
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And those blue dots in the middle are the asteroids that we know in the asteroid belt.
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NASA's mission to the asteroid Psyche is back on track.
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Our government thinks asteroids are Earth's biggest threat.
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And there are hundreds of thousands of asteroids that cross the Earth's orbit.
Synonyms
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A small rock in space that orbits the Sun like a tiny planet
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A natural object in space like a star or planet that you can see in the sky
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A small body that orbits the Sun, like an asteroid
An asteroid whose path crosses Earth's orbit
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Etymology
The word asteroid comes from the Greek root aster meaning 'star' and the ending -oid meaning 'like'. So an asteroid is a 'star-like' object in space, a small, rocky body that often orbits between Mars and Jupiter.