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exomoonologist

exomoonologist noun: a person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.

Noun

exomoonologist (plural exomoonologists)

  1. A person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.
    • One of Blighty's top exomoonologists has said that NASA's new "Kepler" space telescope - in addition to its hotly-anticipated ability to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars - will also be able to detect habitable moons orbiting the gas giants of far-flung solar systems.2009 September 4, Lewis Page, “'Exomoonologist': NASA can detect forest moon of Endor”, in The Register
    • “We don’t know for sure whether any of the planets in our sample are truly habitable,” explains David Kipping, astroboffin (and sometime exomoonologist). “All we can say is that they’re promising candidates.”2015 January 24, Lewis Page, “ALIEN EARTH: Red sun's habitable world spotted 470 light years away”, in Give Back Our Freedom

Forms of exomoonologist

pluralexomoonologists

Origin of exomoonologist

From exomoonology + -ist.

Questions about exomoonologist

What does exomoonologist mean?
Exomoonologist means a person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.
What part of speech is exomoonologist?
Exomoonologist is a noun.
What is the plural of exomoonologist?
The plural of exomoonologist is exomoonologists.

Words near exomoonologist in the dictionary

  1. exomics
  2. exomion
  3. exomis
  4. exomologesis
  5. exomoon
  6. exomoonologist
  7. exomoonologists
  8. exomoonology
  9. exomoons
  10. exomorphic
  11. exomorphism

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