Astrochemist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.

Example

More examples

"“We are using instruments that did not exist during early analyses of Moon samples,” said Jamie Elsila, an astrochemist in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA Goddard."

Etymology

Back-formation from astrochemistry.

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