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planetoid in Chinese

planetoid in Chinese is 微型行星 — planetoid means an asteroid, whatever its size.

planetoid in Chinese

微型行星
noun
Pronounced: wēi xíng xíng xīng
(astronomy, dated) An asteroid of any size

What does "planetoid" mean?

  1. noun An asteroid, whatever its size.
    "if one can argue for the early existence of a few largely molten planetoids with dimension of kilometers or tens of kilometers, one can quite as easily argue for very large numbers of such planetoids."
  2. noun An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object
  3. noun A bigger body that orbits the Sun like a planet, such as Vesta or a possible dwarf planet like Eris or Sedna.
  4. noun Any object with the mass of a planet, including ordinary planets and moons.
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planetoid in a sentence

  • if one can argue for the early existence of a few largely molten planetoids with dimension of kilometers or tens of kilometers, one can quite as easily argue for very large numbers of such planetoids.

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What is "planetoid" in Chinese?
"planetoid" in Chinese is 微型行星. planetoid means: An asteroid, whatever its size.
How do you pronounce 微型行星?
"planetoid" in Chinese is 微型行星, pronounced "wēi xíng xíng xīng".
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