circumlunaradj.
Revolving about, surrounding, or flying round the moon.
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circumlunar1909
1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1959 Listener 22 Jan. 163/1 A body moving in a Lunik-type path will not normally crash-land upon the Moon, or enter a circum-lunar orbit.
1961 New Scientist 4 May 241/2 Apollo..aims to enable three men to reconnoitre the Moon on a circumlunar voyage.
1968 Guardian 19 Sept. 18/8 The Russians intended their flight to be a test-run..for a circumlunar flight with animals.
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