Circummartian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Circummartian is an adjective meaning (astronomy) That surrounds or circles the planet Mars.
Meaning
(astronomy) That surrounds or circles the planet Mars.
Example Sentences
Soter (1971) first suggested that two tiny martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, should act as sources of dust for the circummartian space. The proposed mechanism of dust ejection from the satellite surfaces is their continuous hypervelocity bombardment by interplanetary micrometeoroids.
Word Forms
- circum-Martian
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