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Chrysalis
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chrysalis
English
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Etymology
+ (moon)
From en chrysalis. Coined in 2022.
Proper noun
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.
en spacecraft rocketry A proposed generation ship, which would use fusion rockets and take 400 years to travel from the Sun to Alpha Centauri. See PROJECT HYPERION and Project Hyperion (interstellar).
en Moons of Saturn Hypothetical means of transport Nuclear fusion Space colonization