moonlet

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moonlet

Etymology

moon +‎ -let

Noun

moonlet (plural moonlets)

(astronomy) a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a planetary ring system.
- 1981, Nature‎^[1]:
  "A moonlet within the ring system will exert a systematic torque on ring material."

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