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Jim asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

What's the difference between an asteroid and a planetoid?

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  • Chav Princess
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Something to do with oids.....? Lol

  • monkeymanelvis
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Generally size would be the difference, a planetoid being considered larger. However there is no technical distinction. Think of an asteroid as a "stone" and a planetoid as a "rock".

  • Lee C
    1 decade ago

    An asteroid is like a mini planet. The largest asteroids are called planetoids.

  • saveitok
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    i have no clue so i am going to gess

    asteroid is left over junk from a planet

    planetoid is a planet that is drifting in space couz it lost its pull from its sun

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  • Flowers
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Something to do with space?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I ... er ... it's got something to do with clouds.

    I don't know, sorry.

  • gbd
    1 decade ago

    an altoid

  • julius l
    1 decade ago

    their spelling and therefore the way they should be pronounced

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a meteoroid

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