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planetesimal

/,plænɪ'tɛsəməl/

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noun
one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system
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celestial body heavenly body

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planetesimal hypothesis (cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals