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moonlet

noun

Etymology

From moon + -let.

  1. inherited from *mḗh₁n̥s✻ — “moon; month”
  2. inherited from *mēnô✻ — “moon”
  3. inherited from *mānō✻
  4. inherited from mōna — “moon”
  5. inherited from mon
  6. suffixed as moonlet — “moon + let”

Definitions

  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."

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