protosatellite

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adjective

Describing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop

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Meanings

adjectiveprotosatellite (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDescribing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop

    To explain these observations a model was developed involving stimulated radiative molecular association (SRMA) reactions among photons and atoms in the protosatellite disks of the planets.

    2015, James C. Lombardi Sr, “Stimulated Radiative Molecular Association in the Early Solar System. II. Orbital Radii of the Planets and Other Satellites of the Sun”, in arXiv

Origin

From proto- + satellite.

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