Vulcanoid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vulcanoid is a noun meaning (by extension, informal) An asteroid whose orbit is wholly within the orbit of Mercury.
Meaning
(by extension, informal) An asteroid whose orbit is wholly within the orbit of Mercury.
More Meanings
- (astronomy) Of or pertaining to a vulcanoid.
- (astronomy) A member of the hypothetical population of small asteroids orbiting in the dynamically stable zone between 0.08 and 0.21 AU from the Sun
Word Forms
- vulcanoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include planetoid, asteroid, approacher, quasi-planet, planet, trojan.
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