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protosatellite

protosatellite adjective: describing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop.

Adjective

protosatellite (not comparable)

  1. Describing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop
    • To explain these observations a model was developed involving stimulated radiative molecular association (SRMA) reactions among photons and atoms in the protosatellite disks of the planets.2015, James C. Lombardi Sr, “Stimulated Radiative Molecular Association in the Early Solar System. II. Orbital Radii of the Planets and Other Satellites of the Sun”, in arXiv

Origin of protosatellite

From proto- + satellite.

Questions about protosatellite

What does protosatellite mean?
Protosatellite means describing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop.
What part of speech is protosatellite?
Protosatellite is an adjective.

Words near protosatellite in the dictionary

  1. protos
  2. protosalt
  3. protosalts
  4. protosanctuaries
  5. protosanctuary
  6. protosatellite
  7. protosaturn
  8. protoscience
  9. protosciences
  10. protoscientific
  11. protoscientist

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