Chrysalis

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Etymology

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 Chrysalis (moon) on Wikipedia

From chrysalis. Coined in 2022.

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Chrysalis

  1. (astronomy) A former moon in Saturn, Solar System. 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.