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Definition of Minor planet
1. Noun. Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun.
Specialized synonyms: Asteroid, Kbo, Kuiper Belt Object
Generic synonyms: Celestial Body, Heavenly Body
Specialized synonyms: Quaoar, Sedna
Group relationships: Solar System
Definition of Minor planet
1. Noun. (astronomy) An asteroid which orbits the Sun and is larger than 10 meters in diameter but smaller than a dwarf planet. ¹
2. Noun. (astronomy) Those planets smaller than Earth, specifically Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto."Minor planet." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Answers.com 04 Oct. 2009. (gloss in the Solar System) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor Planet
Literary usage of Minor planet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1868)
"Observations of a minor planet discovered by Prof. CJ Watson at Ann Arbor
Observatory, 1868, July 11. ..."
2. The Story of the Heavens by Robert Stawell Ball (1885)
"... Chart for the Search for Small Planets—How a minor planet is Discovered —Physical
Nature of the minor planets—Small Gravitation on the minor planets—The ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Л minor planet presents precisely the appearance of a star, ... The opposition
of the minor planet Flora in 1874 was observed, at the request of Dr Gallo, ..."
4. A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers, ( (1890)
"El vins, A., researches on rainfall and Elvira (minor planet ... Eunomia (Minor
Planet Euphrosyne (minor planet (sy), i. 654- Europa (name suggested for one ..."
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