- asteroid
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Asteroid — (243) Ida mit Mond Dactyl … Deutsch Wikipedia
asteroid — ASTEROÍD, asteroizi, s.m. Fiecare dintre micile planete ale sistemului solar, puţin strălucitoare, ale căror orbite sunt, în general, cuprinse între orbitele lui Marte şi Jupiter. – Din fr. astéroïde. Trimis de cata, 08.02.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 … … Dicționar Român
Asteroid — Album par Emmanuel Top Sortie 21 octobre 1996 Enregistrement Le Studio des Ondes, Tourcoing Durée 74 : 30 Genre … Wikipédia en Français
Asteroid — As ter*oid, n. [Gr. ? starlike, starry; asth r star + e i^dos form: cf. F. ast[ e]ro[ i]de. See {Aster}.] A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; called also {planetoids} and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
asteròīd — m 〈G asteroída〉 mali planet, planetoid ✧ {{001f}}grč … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
asteroid — 1802, coined probably by German born English astronomer William Herschel (1738 1822) from Gk. asteroeides star like, from aster star (see ASTRO (Cf. astro )) + eidos form, shape (see OID (Cf. oid)) … Etymology dictionary
asteroid — asteròīd m <G asteroída> DEFINICIJA mali planet, planetoid ETIMOLOGIJA grč. asteroidḗs: zvjezdolik … Hrvatski jezični portal
asteroid — ► NOUN ▪ a small rocky body orbiting the sun. ORIGIN from Greek asteroeid s starlike … English terms dictionary
asteroid — [as′tər oid΄] adj. [Gr asteroeidēs < astēr, STAR + eidēs, OID] starlike; shaped like a star or starfish n. 1. any of the thousands of small planets ranging from 1,000 km (621 mi) to less than one km (0.62 mi) in diameter, with orbits usually… … English World dictionary
Asteroid — For the arcade video game, see Asteroids (video game). For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). A composite image, to scale, of the asteroids that have been imaged at high resolution. As of 2011 they are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta,… … Wikipedia
asteroid — asteroidal, adj. /as teuh royd /, n. 1. Also called minor planet. Astron. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those… … Universalium
