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
Before the impact, the moonlet took 11 hours and 55 minutes to circle its parent asteroid.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Monday’s target: a 525-foot asteroid named Dimorphos, a moonlet of Didymos, a fast-spinning asteroid five times bigger.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
It was a chance in a thousand for a direct hit, except for one added factor—the moonlet exerted enough gravity pull out of its many-million ton bulk to warp the rocket into its path.
From Shipwreck in the Sky by Binder, Eando
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