asteroid

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1. asteroid - Noun

2. asteroid - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

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I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. Brian May

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. Mark Twain

I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid. Orson Scott Card

...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying. Douglas Adams

The wealth of the universe is all over your head. We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid. Larry Niven

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs. L. Neil Smith

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