Giant moons orbiting hot stars are finally given a name: 'ploonets'
Aug 08, 2019
1 minute
Words by Mindy Weisberger
What do you call a runaway exomoon with delusions of planethood? You call it a 'ploonet', of course. Scientists had previously proposed the endearing term 'moonmoons' to describe moons that may orbit other moons in distant
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