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Moonset vs Moonlet - What's the difference?

moonset | moonlet |

As nouns the difference between moonset and moonlet

is that moonset is the setting of the moon below the horizon while moonlet is (astronomy) a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a ring.

moonset

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The setting of the moon below the horizon

    • Antonyms

    * moonrise

    moonlet

    English

    (wikipedia moonlet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a ring.
  • *1981 , Nature [http://books.google.com/books?id=5KEoAAAAMAAJ&q=define:moonlet&dq=define:moonlet&pgis=1]:
  • *:"A moonlet within the ring system will exert a systematic torque on ring material."