Minor planet
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 3 crossword solutions for Minor planet which appeared recently in The Sun Cryptic.

We have deemed Minor planet as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "ASTEROID".

Publications

The Sun Cryptic - Monday, 15 Feb 2021
The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020
The Mirror Quick - Monday, 19 Oct 2020

Crossword Answers

5 letters

PLUTO
A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"

8 letters

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

9 letters