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circumsaturnian

circumsaturnian adjective: that surrounds or circles the planet Saturn.

Adjective

circumsaturnian (not comparable)

  1. That surrounds or circles the planet Saturn.
    • While strong evidence supports an exogenous source of impacting particles creating the albedo changes centered on the apex of the leading hemisphere of Iapetus (Buratti and Mosher 1995), the origin of these particles is still unknown. The spectral data do not provide supporting evidence for either...2000 July, Kandy S. Jarvis, Faith Vilas, Stephen M. Larson, Michael J. Gaffey, “Are Hyperion and Phoebe Linked to Iapetus?”, in Icarus, volume 146, number 1, →DOI, page 131

Forms of circumsaturnian

alternative formcircum-Saturnian

Origin of circumsaturnian

From circum- + Saturnian.

Questions about circumsaturnian

What does circumsaturnian mean?
Circumsaturnian means that surrounds or circles the planet Saturn.
What part of speech is circumsaturnian?
Circumsaturnian is an adjective.

Words near circumsaturnian in the dictionary

  1. circumsaccate
  2. circumsail
  3. circumsailed
  4. circumsailing
  5. circumsails
  6. circumsaturnian
  7. circumscissile
  8. circumscribability
  9. circumscribable
  10. circumscribe
  11. circumscribed

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