Definitions | Vulcanoid |
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- (astronomy) One of a putative band of small asteroids thought to orbit in a dynamically stable zone between 0.08 and 0.21 AU from the Sun
adjective
- (astronomy) Of or dealing with a Vulcanoid
Etymology: From the hypothetical planet Vulcan, erroneously believed to exist within the orbit of Mercury
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