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moonlet

moonlet noun: a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a planetary ring system.

Noun

moonlet (plural moonlets)

  1. a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a planetary ring system.
    • "A moonlet within the ring system will exert a systematic torque on ring material."1981, Nature

Forms of moonlet

pluralmoonlets

Origin of moonlet

From moon + -let.

Questions about moonlet

What does moonlet mean?
Moonlet means a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a planetary ring system.
What part of speech is moonlet?
Moonlet is a noun.
What is the plural of moonlet?
The plural of moonlet is moonlets.

Words near moonlet in the dictionary

  1. moonja
  2. moonjah
  3. moonless
  4. moonlessly
  5. moonlessness
  6. moonlet
  7. moonlets
  8. moonlight
  9. moonlight and roses
  10. moonlight blue
  11. moonlight blues

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