definition from dictionary.com
Also called minor planet. Astronomy . any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
I found this word in the in class reading that we used as a text to model how to use the different readability est. I thought I knew the word is a star but it really is much more than just stars. so it was good that I looked up the word to refresh my memory and to renew my understanding of the word so that I don;t use it incorrectly in the future.
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