orbit · solar system · collision · breakup · crater · space rock · nucleus · accretion · chondrite · iron · stony · belt · classification · specimen · impact · cosmic · primordial · chunk
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Related — asteroid (Sun-orbiting rocky mass); comet (Icy orbiting body); origin (Starting point or source); source · progenitor · orbit · solar system · collision · breakup · crater · space rock · nucleus · accretion
hierarchical relationshipparent body ≠ subsidiary Of lesser importance; affiliate · branch · chapter · local chapter · offshoot
origin/derivationparent body ≠ fragment Incomplete portion of whole; meteorite · debris · ejecta · splinter · meteoroid
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/parent_body