exomoons
Moons orbiting exoplanets
Exomoons are moons that orbit planets outside our solar system.
Just as Jupiter has its Galilean moons and Earth has its Moon, exoplanets are presumed to have natural satellites of their own.
Detecting exomoons is far more difficult than detecting exoplanets—as of now, no exomoon has been definitively confirmed, though several candidates have been proposed: Astronomers announced a potential exomoon orbiting Kepler-1625b.
Study of cosmic organisms
- biosignaturesDetectable signs of life
- atmospheresGaseous layers surrounding celestial bodies
- extremophilesOrganisms surviving extreme conditions
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
oxygen · methane · Goldilocks
Orbiting celestial body
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- inclinationDisposition toward something
retrograde · prograde · stability · barycenter · perturbation · synchronous · binary · capture
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- transitMovement between places
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
Hubble · photometry · wobble · occultation · coronagraph · interferometry · survey · candidate
Mythological first woman
- EndorWooded moon or biblical village
- AvatarDeity in earthly form
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
- undiscoveredNot yet found
extraterrestrial · colonization · terraforming · imagination · frontier · unknown · possibilities · futurism
astrobiology
Study of cosmic organisms
- biosignaturesDetectable signs of life
- atmospheresGaseous layers surrounding celestial bodies
- extremophilesOrganisms surviving extreme conditions
geothermal · oxygen · methane · Goldilocks
satellite
Orbiting celestial body
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
inclination · retrograde · prograde · stability · barycenter · perturbation · synchronous · binary · capture · migration
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- transitMovement between places
- observationAttentive watching or remark
Kepler · Hubble · photometry · wobble · occultation · coronagraph · interferometry · survey · candidate · confirmation
Pandora
Mythological first woman
- EndorWooded moon or biblical village
- AvatarDeity in earthly form
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
undiscovered · extraterrestrial · colonization · terraforming · imagination · frontier · unknown · possibilities · futurism
icy
Frozen or unfriendly
regolith · crust · mantle · cratering · tectonics · volcanism · outgassing · differentiation · density · mass