Minor planet
The crossword clue "Minor planet" is answered by ASTEROID, a 8-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASTEROID
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASTEROID answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Space rock - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
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