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asteroid

[as-tuh-roid] / ˈæs təˌrɔɪd /


NOUN
satellite
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Asteroid 2025 TF passed over Antarctica at 00:47:26 UTC ± 18 seconds on October 1, coming within 428 ± 7 km of Earth's surface.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025

Scientists discovered the asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, on Aug. 7 using the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Next to them is an oversize cover of his new book, “The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System.”

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

The Wes Anderson trend saw users post videos which reflected the distinctive style of the US director filmmaker, who is behind films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Asteroid City.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Oh, well, the whole thing was so atrocious that I offered my friend the New York "Asteroid" in which to hurl back any epistolary thunderbolt he should care to manufacture.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar




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