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ALL meanings of planetesimal

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  • noun planetesimal one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system. 2
  • adjective planetesimal of or relating to a planetesimal or planetesimals. 1
  • noun planetesimal any of a number of small bodies formerly thought to have been drawn from the sun by the close passage of a star to the sun, eventually coalescing to form the planets 0
  • adjective planetesimal of or relating to planetesimals 0
  • noun planetesimal in various theories about the origin of the solar system, any of the small, cold masses of rock or ice that merged to form a planet 0
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