Asteroids are celestial rocky bodies that orbit the sun. It was Sir William Herschel who first coined the term âasteroidâ (Greek for star-like) in 1802. He thought that Ceres and Pallas, discovered in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi and Heinrich Olbers respectively, were too small and were remnants of a destroyed planet.
blood cell. n. Any of the cells contained in blood; an erythrocyte or leukocyte; a blood corpuscle. blood cell. n. (Physiology) any of the cells that circulate in the blood. See erythrocyte, leucocyte.
A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue. White blood cells are part of the bodyâs immune system. Skip to content