moonlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of moonlet
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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
"The particles in the ring are colliding all the time, and if these collisions are elastic, it means the particles can't stick together to form a moonlet."
From Scientific American ● Feb. 11, 2023
Its target was Dimorphos, a small asteroid that is a moonlet of 65803 Didymos, a slightly larger asteroid half a mile wide.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
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
The mottled moonlet, Charon, orbited the mother planet tightly.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven
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