moonlet
/ˈmuːnlət
/noun
1A small moon.‘The interiors of the tiny moonlets, which have been shielded from contamination by the continual collisions with each other, are the source of purer water ice,’ he said....
- Essentially, rings are just thousands of tiny moonlets that orbit a planet and don't clump back into larger objects.
- In fact, little moonlets may constantly form and be broken apart.
1.1An artificial satellite.
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc
- beurre manié
- beurre noir