asteroid

as inplanet

as insatellite
as insatellite

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Synonyms for asteroid

noun celestial body orbiting a star

More words related to asteroid

meteor

noun. anything that progresses with spectacular speed

planet

noun. celestial body orbiting a star

planets

noun. celestial body orbiting a star

satellite

noun. subsidiary

Word Origin & History

1802, coined probably by German-born English astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822) from Greek asteroeides "star-like," from aster "star" (see astro-) + -eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).

Example Sentences for asteroid

But the mechanism controlling the asteroid's invisibility was not destroyed.

The first was never heard of after thirty-six hours on the asteroid.

Anything that kept them from selling an asteroid must be terrible indeed.

The asteroid was too tiny to give him indefinite concealment.

For an instant there was a silence in the darkness of the asteroid that was painful.

The asteroid had for some time been under observation by the lookout.

"But I've been looking for the asteroid," he went on—and interrupted himself.

"But the asteroid's gravital pull would hold us close to it," he said.

I charted a course for the asteroid; it was almost the one which had been set.

Within the hour I had us dropping into the asteroid's atmosphere.