exomoonologist

plural exomoonologists

1. astronomyA person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.

   Imagine sitting in bed watching the Science Channel with your daughter and you hear a great quote from the astronomy expert — exomoonologist, to be exact- being interviewed.

   2016 April 6, Amy Burvall, “The Scientist Storyteller: Interview with Dr. David Kipping, exomoonologist”, in Medium

   2 more examples

   One of Blighty's top exomoonologists has said that NASA's new "Kepler" space telescope - in addition to its hotly-anticipated ability to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars - will also be able to detect habitable moons orbiting the gas giants of far-flung solar systems.

   2009 September 4, Lewis Page, “'Exomoonologist': NASA can detect forest moon of Endor”, in The Register

   “We don’t know for sure whether any of the planets in our sample are truly habitable,” explains David Kipping, astroboffin (and sometime exomoonologist). “All we can say is that they’re promising candidates.”

   2015 January 24, Lewis Page, “ALIEN EARTH: Red sun's habitable world spotted 470 light years away”, in Give Back Our Freedom