Chrysalis

See also: chrysalis

English

Etymology

From chrysalis. Coined in 2022.

Proper noun

Chrysalis

  1. (astronomy) A former moon in Saturn, Solar System. A hypothetical former moon of Saturn, whose gravitational influence is proposed as the source of Saturn's inclination and near-resonance with Uranus, and whose destruction by gravitational disruption is proposed as the source of Saturn's rings.
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