asteroid
A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet,…A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
» Don't confuse comets and asteroids.
Не путай кометы с астероидами.
Не путайте кометы с астероидами.
Не путай кометы и астероиды.
Не путайте кометы и астероиды.
Не плутай комети та астероїди.
Не плутайте комети та астероїди.
Meaning
3 sensesA naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
Asteroid
астеро́идasteróid, ма́лая плане́таmálaja planéta
астеро́їдasterójid
In the Solar System, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter.
Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.
- any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
Examples
77 sentencesDon't confuse comets and asteroids.
Не плутай комети та астероїди. — deniko
ruНе путай кометы с астероидами. — marafon
How are asteroids and comets different?
What's the difference between asteroids and comets?
ruЧем астероиды отличаются от комет? — Selena777
deWas ist der Unterschied zwischen Asteroiden und Kometen? — raggione
What is an asteroid?
ruЧто такое астероид? — marafon
deWas ist ein Asteroid? — Proxima5
Don't mix up comets and asteroids.
Не плутайте комети та астероїди. — deniko
ruНе путайте кометы с астероидами. — Selena777
deVerwechsle nicht Kometen mit Asteroiden. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
]Introduced by German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1802 upon the suggestion of c]Introduced by German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1802 upon the suggestion of classical scholar Charles Burney Jr. (1757–1817), the son of music historian Charles Burney, a friend of Herschel's. Probably coined as a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “celestial body”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, aster + -oid.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). Analyzable as aster- + -oid. Piecewise doublet of etymology 1. Compare also the botanical taxon Asteroideae.
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