| asteroid b. |
an irregularly star-shaped inclusion body found in the giant cells in sarcoidosis and also found in numerous other diseases.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| asteroid h. |
see under hyalosis.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| asteroid |
Also ("planetoid") These are rocky bodies, the vast majority of which orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It is thought that there must be around 100,000 in all. The largest asteroid is Ceres which has a diameter of 579 miles. The smallest detected asteroids have diameters of several hundred feet. Together with comets and meteoroids, asteroids make up the minor bodies of the solar system. They are considered to be left over planetesimals from the formation of our solar system. ...
Ãâó: www.aoe.com.au/astronomical_glossary.html
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| asteroid |
Large piece of rock orbiting the sun, usually located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Ãâó: www.astro.virginia.edu/~rjp0i/museum/glossary.html
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| asteroid |
A small, rocky body that moves in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. They are too small to have atmospheres, and occasionally fall to Earth as Meteorites. On January 1, 1801, an Italian astronomer, Giuseppe Piazzi, became the first person to discover an asteroid which was later named Ceres.
Ãâó: inkido.indiana.edu/a100/glossary2.html
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