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asteroid /as·ter·oid/ (as´ter-oid) star-shaped. asteroid star-shaped. asteroid body 1. found in fungal pulmonary lesions. Small remnants of hyphae are surrounded by radiating acidophilic clubs similar to those of the granules of actinomycosis. 2. an irregularly star-shaped inclusion body found in the giant cells in sarcoidosis and other diseases. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Okamoto of Ibaraki University in Japan and his colleagues now have gleaned new details about the size, composition, and crystal structure of dust within the Beta Pictoris disk, suggest the location of a possible planet as well as of a trio of asteriod or comet belts. THREAT OF NEAR-EARTH ASTERIODS AN ASTEROID ENTERS EARTH'S POTENTIALLY THE SIZE OF . There also are nine special-effects devices that project animations of astronomical events such as supernovae, the paths of traveling asteriods, solar and lunar eclipses, eclipsing binary stars, and bolides, or exploding meteors, Shobbrook said. |
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