minor planet

English

Noun

minor planet (plural minor planets)

1. (astronomy) An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is not a planet or a comet.

Antonyms

• (an orbitally dominant planemo) major planet (synonymous with planet in the 2006 IAU definition)

Hypernyms

• planet (structurally)

Hyponyms

• asteroid
• centaur
• dwarf planet
• Kuiper belt object (KBO)
• scattered disc object (SDO)
• trans-Neptunian object (TNO)
• trojan

 

Related terms

• dwarf planet
• giant planet
• major planet
• planemo
• planetary core
• planetary embryo
• planetary object
• planetary-mass object
• planetessimal
• planetoid
• primary planet
• proplyd
• protoplanet
• protoplanetary disc
• quaternary planet
• secondary planet
• tertiary planet

 

Translations

celestial body

• Czech: planetka (cs) f
• Esperanto: planedeto
• German: Kleinplanet (de) m
• Irish: fophláinéad m, mionphláinéad m
• Italian: pianetino (it) m
• Korean: 소행성체 (ko) (sohaengseongche)
• Manx: mynphlanaid m
• Norwegian: småplanet m
• Romanian: planetă minoră f, miniplanetă
• Swedish: småplanet (sv) c
• Turkish: küçük gezegen

See also

• planemo
• planetesimal
• planetoid