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asteroid
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Pronunciation
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change
]
enPR
:
ăs'tə-roid"
,
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈæstəroɪd/
Audio (US)
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file
)
Noun
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change
]
Singular
asteroid
Plural
asteroids
(
astronomy
) (
countable
) An
asteroid
is an
object
that is smaller than a
planet
that most often
orbits
a
star
, but it can sometimes orbit big planets.
The
asteroid
orbited the star.
The
asteroid
crossed over
Jupiter
's orbit.
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