English Explanatory Dictionary

Dimorphos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The moon of the binary asteroid Didymos.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈmɔːɹfəs/

Word forms

Dimorphos

Etymology

From translingual Dimorphos, from Ancient Greek δίμορφος (dímorphos), from δί- (dí-)+μορφή (morphḗ)+-ος (-os); Literally, “having two forms”. From being the target of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) space mission, which impacted its surface, thereby having a form prior to the impact and another after the impact. Compare English dimorphous, Latin dimorphus.

Synonyms

65803 Didymos B Didymos B Didymos I 65803 Didymos I Dimorphos Didymos I Dimorphos 65803 I Dimorphos Didimoon Didymoon S 2003 (65803) 1 2003 (65803) 1 Dimorphos 2003 Didymos 1 2003 Didymos 1 Dimorphos
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