LUNAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lunar mean? 

• LUNAR (adjective)
  The adjective LUNAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or associated with the moon

  Familiarity information: LUNAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUNAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or associated with the moon

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

lunar module

Pertainym:

Moon (the natural satellite of the Earth)

 Context examples 

Solar eclipses (new moons) are usually followed by lunar eclipses.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is China’s second probe to make a soft-landing on the moon, following 2013’s Jade Rabbit lunar rover mission.

(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)

Previous observations indirectly found possible signs of surface ice at the lunar south pole, but these could have been explained by other phenomena, such as unusually reflective lunar soil.

(Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles, NASA)

At the point of closest approach, it will be no closer than about 300,000 miles — 480,000 kilometers or 1.3 lunar distances.

(Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In both cases, the asteroid mass could be captured by the ARM capture mechanism and redirected into lunar orbit.

(NASA announces latest progress in hunt for asteroids, NASA)

The team’s calculations revealed that this static charge can reach ten thousand volts in some materials, like the Teflon suits used in the Apollo lunar missions.

(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)

The findings will help scientists understand the history of lunar water — a potential resource for sustaining long term operations on the Moon and human exploration of deep space.

(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)

The Martian Sol 128 event is exciting because its size and longer duration fit the profile of moonquakes detected on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions.

(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)

One of the largest, a well-studied area called Ina, was imaged from lunar orbit by Apollo 15 astronauts.

(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)

This happens because impacts excavate lunar boulders that are ground into soil over tens to hundreds of millions of years by a constant rain of tiny meteorites.

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)