microplanetoid — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An astronomical body smaller than a planetoid, such as an asteroid or planetesimal.

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   I mean, the Fomalhauters weren't having enough problems with the repairs to their exhaust duct—their StarGrazer'd taken a hit from a rogue microplanetoid—then this earthbound yo-yo tries to put a goddam drift netter up their tailpipe.

   The loose group of rocks, sand, random molecules, and microplanetoids known as the Hallelujah node was traveling in company around the Sun at a speed of eleven miles per second.

   Around three hundred meters long and a little less than half as wide, the new shape was much smaller than the microplanetoid configuration.