What does moonhood mean?
Moonhood means The state or quality of being a moon..
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The state or quality of being a moon..
Calling Charon a moon, rather than a junior partner in a coalition, is thus stretching the definition of moonhood.
Although they deserve moonhood every bit as much as their larger cousins, irregular satellites continue to puzzle planetary scientists.
In fact, some of the smaller of the moons of Jupiter's 63 known moons may have taken this path to moonhood.
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Moonhood means The state or quality of being a moon..
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Calling Charon a moon, rather than a junior partner in a coalition, is thus stretching the definition of moonhood.
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