moonlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of moonlet
Example Sentences
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New research shows the spacecraft's deliberate collision with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 also slightly changed the path of the entire asteroid system around the Sun.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
"We've got to find some way of stopping that moonlet forming that far out," Dhillon said.
From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2023
It’s actually a moonlet of Didymos, Greek for twin, a fast-spinning asteroid five times bigger that flung off the material that formed the junior partner.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022
But a moonlet, like Dimorphos, orbits its larger twin at a stately pace.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022
His little moonlet did not rotate, or rather it rotated once for each revolution around Earth, as the Moon did, keeping one face earthward, giving him an uninterrupted view.
From Shipwreck in the Sky by Binder, Eando
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