Synonyms for Asteroid
ˈæs təˌrɔɪdas·ter·oid

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1. asteroidadjective

   any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

   Antonyms:
   rounded

2. asteroid, star-shapedadjective

   shaped like a star

   Synonyms:
   star-shaped, asteroid

   Antonyms:
   rounded

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1. asteroidnoun

   Synonyms:
   small planet

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1. List of paraphrases for "asteroid":

   asteroids, meteor

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1. ASTEROID

   Synonyms:
   A Study To Evaluate the Effect of Rosuvastatin on Intravascular Ultrasound-Derived Coronary Atheroma Burden

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1. Lindley Johnson:

   DART would be NASA's first mission to demonstrate what's known as the kinetic impactor technique -- striking the asteroid to shift its orbit -- to defend against a potential future asteroid impact, this approval step advances the project toward an historic test with a non-threatening small asteroid.

2. William Bottke:

   In a sense, the asteroid belt has been an eyewitness to multiple 'drive-by shootings' from the earliest time in solar system history, by reading the traces left behind, we can use asteroid samplesto tell us who did it, when they did it and how they did it.

3. Dathon Golish:

   Asteroid Bennu is rough and rocky, so if you look at it from a different angle or capture it at a time when the sun is not directly overhead, that dramatically changes what the surface looks like, these images were deliberately taken close to noon, with the Sun shining straight down, when there's not as many shadows.

4. Jason Sanford:

   We pretty much knew what would happen if another asteroid of this size hit us today -- it would not be good -- but our work contributes to a larger body of work dedicated to understanding the many geologic and ecologic processes that happen when such large-magnitude events occur.

5. Bryan Holler:

   This is a fantastic result which highlights the capabilities of MIRI to serendipitously detect a previously undetectable size of asteroid in the main belt, repeats of these observations are in the process of being scheduled, and we are fully expecting new asteroid interlopers in those images!