Moon vs. Planetoid — What's the Difference?

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. At about one-quarter the diameter of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia), it is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System relative to the size of its planet, the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System overall, and is larger than any known dwarf planet.

See asteroid.

Often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 363,100 kilometers (225,600 miles) distant at perigee and 405,700 kilometers (252,100 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,159 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.

(astronomy) An asteroid of any size

A natural satellite revolving around a planet.

(astronomy) An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object

The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases

(astronomy) A larger, planetary, body in orbit around the Sun, such as Vesta or (candidate) dwarf planets such Eris or Sedna

A month, especially a lunar month.

(astronomy) A dwarf planet

A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.

A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.

Moonlight.

Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

Something unreasonable or unattainable

(Slang) The bared buttocks.

To wander about or pass time languidly and aimlessly.

To yearn or pine as if infatuated.

(Slang) To expose one's buttocks in public as a prank or disrespectful gesture.

(Slang) To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture

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Any natural satellite of a planet.

(literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.

A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.

(cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.

(card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.

(usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

(transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.

(transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.

To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.

(card games) To shoot the moon.

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

The deliberately exposed naked buttocks.

To expose to the rays of the moon.

To expose one's naked buttocks to (a person); - a vulgar sign of contempt or disrespect, sometimes done as a prank.

To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

The natural satellite of the Earth;

Any object resembling a moon;

The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

The light of the moon;

United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)

Any natural satellite of a planet;

Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;

Be idle in a listless or dreamy way

Expose one's buttocks to;