pegasid
See also: Pegasid
English
editEtymology 1
editLatin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)
Noun
editpegasid (plural pegasids)
Etymology 2
editNamed for one of the earliest-discovered exoplanets, 51 Pegasi b, which was discovered in the constellation Pegasus in 1995.
Noun
editpegasid (plural pegasids)
- (planetology) Synonym of hot Jupiter.