Moonlet

noun

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Noun
  1. 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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moon

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""A moonlet within the ring system will exert a systematic torque on ring material.""

Etymology

From moon + -let.

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