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- noun astronomy An asteroid (such as 5335 Damocles) that exhibits
long-period , highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets without showing acoma - adjective astronomy Of or relating to a Damocloid asteroid
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From the asteroid 5335 Damocles
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