Meanings
proper noun
- alternativeAlternative form of proto-Saturn
It is shown that Uranus and Neptune were formed as a result of protosaturn decay.
2018, “Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets”, in Planetary Geology, https://www.researchgate.net, pages 311-3432 more examples
In the case of a low mass cloud, like protosaturn, the H is almost entirely molecular so q₁ = 0 and T, varies with cloud size […]
1981, AJR Prentice, “Voyager and the Origin of the Saturnian System”, in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, cambridge.orgOriginally it consist of three stars that were red giants: protosun, protojupiter and protosaturn.
2002, AM Ilyanok, IA Timoshchenko, “Quantization of masses in the solar system”, in arXiv preprint physics, arxiv.org
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