quasi-planet

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quasi-planet

noun quasi-planets

  1. a body comparable to a planet, but not a planet, such as a dwarf planet or a planetary-mass moon I am not so sure that in order to make a comet a quasi-planet, and as such to deck it out in the attributes of other planets, it is sufficient for Sarsi or his teacher to regard it as one and so name it. If heir opinions and their voices have the power of calling into existence the things they name,

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noun a planetoid

日本語準惑星 junwakusei

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@misc{quasi_planet_2026,
  title = {quasi-planet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quasi-planet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}