Plural of asteroid

Forms of asteroid

Asteroids in a sentence

• I think many people think of asteroids as kind of little chips of rock.2007 September 27, Marc Rayman (interviewee), “NASA's Ion-Drive Asteroid Hunter Lifts Off”, National Public Radio. From the entry world
• Urey is opposed to this theory and holds the view that the asteroids are of asteroidian origin.1963, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Volume 14, page 341. From the entry asteroidian
• The evidence we have for the KT impactor is more suggestive of asteroids than comets, but it’s not conclusive.2021 February 15, Becky Ferreira, quoting William F. Bottke, “Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?”, in The New York Times…. From the entry kt
• Spock and then the Frank Zappa, both asteroids.2015, Meg Funk, Fred and the Snarrfles. From the entry Mr. Spock
• In astronomy, chaoslike phenomena include the orbits of asteroids, comets, and satellites, where small disturbances can have dramatic and complex effects.1993, Archie Roy, Oxford illustrated encyclopedia of the universe. From the entry chaoslike

Meaning of asteroid

1. noun A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
2. noun In the Solar System, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter.
3. noun Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.

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Questions about the plural of asteroid

What is the plural of asteroid?

The plural of asteroid is asteroids.

Is asteroid countable?

Asteroid is a countable noun.