protosatellite

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ satellite

Adjective

protosatellite (not comparable)

1. Describing a ring of dust, surrounding a young planet, out of which moons develop
   • 2015, James C. Lombardi Sr, “Stimulated Radiative Molecular Association in the Early Solar System. II. Orbital Radii of the Planets and Other Satellites of the Sun”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     To explain these observations a model was developed involving stimulated radiative molecular association (SRMA) reactions among photons and atoms in the protosatellite disks of the planets.