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asteroid

[as-tuh-roid] / ˈæs təˌrɔɪd /


NOUN
satellite
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NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.

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

NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In my March 2026 study published in the Astrophysical Journal, I searched through millions of meteor observations looking for evidence of previously unknown asteroid activity near Earth.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Her mind lit with memories, each one falling like an asteroid, flashing in the dark.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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