Didymos
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos); Literally, “twin”. From being an asteroid in a double asteroid binary system, the main asteroid (Didymos) having a moon (Dimorphos).
Proper noun
Didymos
- An asteroid in Didymos double asteroid, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy; the main asteroid of the binary asteroid system
- A binary asteroid in Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, composed of Didymos A and Didymos B (“Dimorphos”)
Synonyms
main asteroid in a binary asteroid system
- 1996 GT
- (1996 GT) Didymos
- 1996 GT Didymos
- 1996 GT (Didymos)
- 65803
- (65803) 1996 GT
- 65803 (1996 GT)
- 65803 A
- 65803 (Didymos) 1996 GT
- 65803 Didymos (1996 GT)
- 65803 Didymos A
- 65803 (Didymos) A
- (65803) Didymos A
- Didymos A
double asteroid
- 1996 GT
- 1996 GT AB
- (65803) 1996 GT
- 65803 (1996 GT)
- (65803) 1996 GT AB
- 65803 (1996 GT) AB
- 65803 AB
- Didymos AB
Derived terms
- Didymos A
- Didymos AB
- Didymos B
- Didymos I
Further reading
65803 Didymos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English
Etymology
From translingual Didymos, from Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos) Literally, “twin”.
Proper noun
Didymos
- Didymos: An asteroid in Didymos double asteroid, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy; the main asteroid of the binary asteroid system
- Didymos: A binary asteroid in Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy
Hyponyms
double asteroid
- Didimoon
- Didymoon
Derived terms
- Didimoon
- Didymoon
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