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circum-Martian

circum-Martian is the alternative form of circummartian.

Meaning of circummartian

Adjective

circummartian (not comparable)

  1. That surrounds or circles the planet Mars.
    • Soter (1971) first suggested that two tiny martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, should act as sources of dust for the circummartian space. The proposed mechanism of dust ejection from the satellite surfaces is their continuous hypervelocity bombardment by interplanetary micrometeoroids.2006 August, Alexander V. Krivov, Artem G. Feofilov, Valeri V. Dikarev, “Search for the putative dust belts of Mars: The late 2007 opportunity”, in Planetary and Space Science, volume 54, numbers...

Questions about circum-Martian

What is circum-Martian the alternative form of?
Circum-Martian is the alternative form of circummartian.

Words near circum-Martian in the dictionary

  1. circulizing
  2. circulus
  3. circum-
  4. circum-Caribbean
  5. circum-Jovian
  6. circum-Martian
  7. circumabdominal
  8. circumacetabular
  9. circumadjacent
  10. circumagitate
  11. circumagitated

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