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Meanings of minor planet in inglés

ruso
малая планета
portugués
planeta menor
español
planetas menores
catalán
planeta menor
Wikidata

Astronomical object in direct orbit around a star that is neither a planet nor a comet.

Related terms
planetas menores
portugués
asteroide
catalán
asteroide
español
planeta menor

Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun.

planeta menor
Usage of minor planet in inglés
1
This earth is but one minor planet of a minor system.
Daily Thoughts: selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley b...
2
Each name was that of a minor planet in orbit around the sun.
The new yorker
3
They've got a revolving magnetic field out there that would spin a minor planet.
The Ultimate Weapon
4
It happens to be a very important minor planet.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
5
A minor planet is the same as an asteroid.
The new yorker
6
I loathe the enigmas, but I know they're smart enough to throw rocks at minor planet-sized targets.
Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
7
It's the size and mass of a minor planet, Admiral, and its orbit is slaved to the jump point.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
8
After ten hours they saw the huge Jupiter Equilateral orbit-ship looming up in the viewscreen like a minor planet.
Gold in the Sky
9
The stony composition minor planet can be found in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
The Guardian
10
Either they completely turned a minor planet into a fortress and moved it here, or they built something that huge.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
11
A very minor planet.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
12
Command is on the minor planet Eros, which should be about three months away from here at the highest possible speed.
Ender’s Game
13
He and Willem said they were from Alarkand, a far-off minor planet that none of these people had ever heard of.
Navigators of Dune
14
Orbiting the distant star and slaved to the jump point, the fortress was almost large enough to qualify as an artificial minor planet.
Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
15
He was but a little earth parasite, sitting idle in the darkling day, trying to understand his infinitesimal functions on a minor planet.
The Soul of a Bishop
16
They released a statement the next day at the Minor Planet Center.
The South African
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