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planetoid

[ plan-i-toid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Astronomy.

planetoid

/ ˈplænɪˌtɔɪd /

planetoid

/ plăn′ĭ-toid′ /

First recorded in 1795–1805; planet + -oid

We are talking about planetoid bodies, such as 16 Psyche, with the raw potential to unlock wealth worth more than the global economy.

Your may-be ruler Mercury teams with loving Venus, Monday, squaring Neptune and Chiron, the planetoid of healing.

Over and over, the same words, the same thought images which they formed; of Cain, of this hell-planetoid itself.

According to its orbit and location, and the spectroscopic table of its mineral resources, it was a choice planetoid indeed.

Here upon this little planetoid were several of the gigantic inhabitants of the world that we were going to attack.

All eyes were on the tiny rocket scout as its jets, roaring into life, lifted free of the pirate planetoid.

With a ship like that, you could run through a planetoid without hurting the hull.

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