exomoonologist

English

Etymology

From exomoonology +‎ -ist.

Noun

exomoonologist (plural exomoonologists)

  1. (astronomy) A person who searches for, and studies, exomoons.
    • 2009 September 4, Lewis Page, “'Exomoonologist': NASA can detect forest moon of Endor”, in The Register:
      One of Blighty's top exomoonologists has said that NASA's new "Kepler" space telescope - in addition to its hotly-anticipated ability to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars - will also be able to detect habitable moons orbiting the gas giants of far-flung solar systems.
    • 2015 January 24, Lewis Page, “ALIEN EARTH: Red sun's habitable world spotted 470 light years away”, in Give Back Our Freedom:
      “We don’t know for sure whether any of the planets in our sample are truly habitable,” explains David Kipping, astroboffin (and sometime exomoonologist). “All we can say is that they’re promising candidates.”
    • 2016 April 6, Amy Burvall, “The Scientist Storyteller: Interview with Dr. David Kipping, exomoonologist”, in Medium:
      Imagine sitting in bed watching the Science Channel with your daughter and you hear a great quote from the astronomy expert — exomoonologist, to be exact- being interviewed.
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