minor planet in English

noun
1
an asteroid.
In the outer Solar System and the asteroids / minor planets tend to be redder in colour because they contain more organic material.
noun
    planetoid

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1. Data base entry for minor planet 30882 at the Minor Planet Center (last accessed 2011-02-19).

2. The minor planet 15262 Abderhalden was named in his honour.

3. Hygiea is used by the Minor Planet Center to calculate perturbations.

4. The lunar crater Azophi and the minor planet 12621 Alsufi are named after him.

5. Pandora (minor planet designation: 55 Pandora) is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt.

6. This minor planet was named after Albion from the complex mythology of English poet and painter William Blake (1757–1827).

7. 5182 Bray, a minor planet; Bray Castle, former name of Lewes Castle, Lewes, East Sussex, England; Bray People, a tabloid published in Northern Ireland; Bray Productions, American animation studio

8. It is constructed from the list of Neptune trojans maintained by the IAU Minor Planet Center and with diameters from Sheppard and Trujillo's paper on 2008 LC18, unless otherwise noted.

9. Ceres / ˈsɪəriːz / (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is the smallest dwarf planet, the closest dwarf planet to the Sun, and the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the …