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| Main Entry: |
planet
 [plan-it] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celestial body orbiting a star |
| Synonyms: | apple, asteroid, earth, globe, heavenly body, luminous body, marble, orb*, planetoid, sphere, terrene, wandering star, world |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satellite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subsidiary |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, asteroid, luna, moon, rocket, spacecraft, sputnik |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example Sentences
- They survived catastrophic asteroid impacts and outlived the dinosaurs.
- By now it is common knowledge that the impact of an asteroid or comet brought the age of the dinosaurs to an abrupt end.
- It is the first discovered natural satellite of a larger asteroid.
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