microplanetoid
nounEtymology From micro- + planetoid.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction An astronomical body smaller than a planetoid, such as an asteroid or planetesimal.
- I mean, the Fomalhauters weren't having enough problems with the repairs to their exhaust duct—their StarGrazer'd taken a hit from a rogue microplanetoid—then this earthbound yo-yo tries to put a goddam drift netter up their tailpipe.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 104:
- The loose group of rocks, sand, random molecules, and microplanetoids known as the Hallelujah node was traveling in company around the Sun at a speed of eleven miles per second.2009, Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling Stones, →ISBN:
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- Around three hundred meters long and a little less than half as wide, the new shape was much smaller than the microplanetoid configuration.2015, John Steiner, Flipspace:Astraeus Event, Missions 10-12, →ISBN, page 81: