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Meaning of "moonlet" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOONLET

moonlet  [ˈmuːnlɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOONLET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moonlet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOONLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moonlet

Moonlet is an informal term for a particularly small natural satellite. In astronomical literature, it has been used in at least two situations: ▪ A belt of objects embedded in a planetary ring, as in Saturn's A Ring or S/2009 S 1 in the B Ring or in Saturn's F Ring. ▪ Occasionally for asteroid moons, such as the moons of 87 Sylvia.

Definition of moonlet in the English dictionary

The definition of moonlet in the dictionary is a small moon or satellite orbiting a planet.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOONLET


bracelet
ˈbreɪslɪt
bullet
ˈbʊlɪt
chocolate
ˈtʃɒkəlɪt
crownlet
ˈkraʊnlɪt
finlit
ˈfɪnlɪt
greenlet
ˈɡriːnlɪt
lit
lɪt
moonlit
ˈmuːnlɪt
palette
ˈpælɪt
runlet
ˈrʌnlɪt
scarlet
ˈskɑːlɪt
servlet
ˈsɜːvlɪt
split
splɪt
sunlit
ˈsʌnlɪt
tablet
ˈtæblɪt
template
ˈtɛmplɪt
toilet
ˈtɔɪlɪt
veinlet
ˈveɪnlɪt
violet
ˈvaɪəlɪt
wallet
ˈwɒlɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOONLET

moonfish
moonflower
Moonie
moonier
mooniest
moonily
mooniness
moonish
moonishly
moonless
moonlight
moonlight flit
moonlight night
moonlighter
moonlighting
moonlike
moonlit
moonphase
moonport
moonquake

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOONLET

air inlet
chainlet
Cook Inlet
fractionlet
hornlet
inlet
queenlet
tonlet
townlet
unlet
water inlet

Synonyms and antonyms of moonlet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moonlet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOONLET

Find out the translation of moonlet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of moonlet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moonlet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小卫星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pequeña luna
570 millions of speakers

English

moonlet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

moonlet
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قمريات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

moonlet
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moonlet
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

moonlet
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moonlet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Moonlet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

moonlet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

moonlet
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

moonlet
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moonlet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

moonlet
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

moonlet
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्रमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

moonlet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccola luna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moonlet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

moonlet
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moonlet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

moonlet
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moonlet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moonlet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moonlet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moonlet

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONLET»

The term «moonlet» is used very little and occupies the 161.640 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONLET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «moonlet» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «moonlet» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moonlet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOONLET»

Discover the use of moonlet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moonlet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Scientist
Nor, asserts the Cal- tech planetologist M. J. Reid, is it just by chance that no case of a planet- orbiting moon attended by its own satellite (call it a moonlet) has ever been discovered. The dynamic interaction of a satellite orbiting a more ...
2
Saturn from Cassini-Huygens
1992a, 1993) 1=3 WG / ( M Moonlet / RMoonlet; for M Moonlet < M0 2=3 M Moonlet / R2Moonlet; for M > M0: Moonlet (14.78) where M0 corresponds to a kilometer sized moonlet (solid ice density). A comparison of the Encke- and the Keeler ...
M. Dougherty, Larry Esposito, Stamatios M. Krimigis, 2009
3
Planetary Sciences
11.29. (Showalter 1991) (c) Schematic illustration of the pattern that the moonlet Pan creates on and near the edges of the Encke gap in Saturn's rings. This pattern remains stationary in the frame rotating with the moonlet's orbital frequency.
Imke de Pater, Jack J. Lissauer, 2010
4
Uranus
Belts of particles R —100 m are called "moonlet belts." These are similar to the material proposed by Cuzzi and Burns (1988) to create Saturn's F ring. Meteoroid ejecta from rings, moons and moonlets belts transported by gas drag leads to a ...
Jay T. Bergstralh, Ellis D. Miner, Mildred Shapley Matthews, 1991
5
The First Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic ...
Of course it can't yank me away from Earth gravity, but the trouble is—yipe! my rocket and that moonlet may be in for a mutual collision course ....” Dan's trained eye suddenly saw that grim possibility . Barreling around Earth in a narrow orbit ...
Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, Marion Zimmer Bradley, 2013
6
Origin of the Earth and Moon
As two moonlets evolve to this asymptotic value, equation (40) implies three possible evolution paths: (1) m,/m2 > 1: moon- let 1 overtakes moonlet 2; (2) (a/a^ 1372 < mjm2 < 1: moon- let 1 does not overtake moonlet 2 and (aj/a2) increases to ...
Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter, 2000
7
Where Were You Before The Tree of Life? Volume 6
Pobos 2 arrived safely at Mars in January 1989 and entered into an orbit around Mars as the first step at its destination towards its ultimate goal: to transfer to an orbit that the would make it fly almost in tandem with the Martian moonlet called ...
Peter R. Farley
8
Shipwreck in the Sky:
He was circling the blac moonlet, at perhaps a thousand yards from its pitted surface. "Hello, Rough Rock," he called. "Still alive and kicking, sir. Only now, of a crazy-mad things, I'm a moon of this moon! The collision must have knocke' me ...
Eando Binder, 2014
9
Planetary Ring Systems
A small but steady increase in wavelength of perturbations that occur with increasing distance from Pan leads to the fan-shaped ``moonlet wake'' structure inward of the gap, appearing very dierent from the more tightly wrapped spiral density ...
Ellis D. Miner, Randii R. Wessen, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, 2007
10
The Few Body Problem
Again a definite profile is obtained, and mass segregation is observed, (iii) The formation of a gap by a large particle ("moonlet") imbedded into a uniform population of light particles. A residual ringlet around the moonlet is observed. We study ...
International Astronomical Union. Colloquium, Mauri Valtonen, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOONLET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moonlet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Badger: Data begins streaming from Pluto probe to Earth
The New Horizons probe has survived its closest approach to Pluto, where an undiscovered moonlet could have taken out the plucky probe. «Florida Today, Jul 15»
2
BACKYARD ASTRONOMER: Pluto at last
... crowded as to evoke some anxiety among mission scientists concerned about the spacecraft colliding with some un-plotted moon or moonlet. «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
3
Here's the Weird Feature I'd Most Like to See on Pluto
Another story suggests an early collision blasted both a debris ring and a moonlet into orbit around Iapetus. Eventually, the moonlet fell back to ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
4
Cassini steals a peek at Saturn's tenuous G ring
... similar observations by Cassini revealed a potential answer: the moonlet Aegaeon, just a half-kilometer across, is embedded within the ring. «Sen, Jun 15»
5
Bernie Badger: Rare alignment brightens Saturn's rings
Saturn's rings have just such a cumulative effect as each moonlet in the rings brightens. I hope you are also watching Venus catching up with ... «Florida Today, May 15»
6
Can Moons Have Moonlets? Or Rings?
A moonlet orbiting the Moon has to orbit really close to it, as the "Hill sphere", the furthest away it can get and not be captured by the Earth is ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»
7
Cahill's asteroid trilogy concludes with 'Eden'
... orbit of the Earth with the hurtling course of a asteroid that was so large it had its own moonlet. The asteroid BL86 roared past Earth on Jan. «Davis Enterprise, Apr 15»
8
Dawn Spacecraft Sees Spots as It Approaches Mysterious Ceres
Instead, it will be left in orbit, becoming a long-lived mechanical moonlet of Ceres once its mission ends. Rights & Permissions. Share this ... «Scientific American, Mar 15»
9
What Asteroid 2004 BL86 and Hawaii Have in Common
The little moonlet may or may not be related to Vesta, but its presence makes 2004 BL86 a binary asteroid, where each object revolves about ... «Universe Today, Jan 15»
10
Exoplanet's Massive Rings are as Large as a Solar System
(Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) The small dot located in Saturn's outer F-ring is Prometheus, a moonlet the size of a ... «Chinatopix, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Moonlet [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/moonlet>. Apr 2024 ».
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