Calling Charon a moon, rather than a junior partner in a coalition, is thus stretching the definition of moonhood.
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Moonhood
Synonyms for "moonhood"
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Although they deserve moonhood every bit as much as their larger cousins, irregular satellites continue to puzzle planetary scientists.
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In fact, some of the smaller of the moons of Jupiter's 63 known moons may have taken this path to moonhood.
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