asteroid
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We would hop into flying “aero sedans” that folded into briefcases and take holidays on an asteroid.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Mr. Kshatriya describes the moon as a pit stop on “the great odyssey to Mars”—and then “to the asteroid belt and to the Jovian moons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The 282 meteors in this group appear to trace back to an asteroid that ventured dangerously close to the Sun.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Scientists still have not identified the parent asteroid responsible for this newly discovered meteor shower.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Elements of the Universe: Aster, Astro ("Star")
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