noun🔗ShareProtoplanetaAn astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets"The astronomers believe a protoplanet, about the size of our Moon, collided with another one billions of years ago, eventually forming the planet Earth. "Los astrónomos creen que un protoplaneta, aproximadamente del tamaño de nuestra Luna, chocó con otro hace miles de millones de años, formando finalmente el planeta Tierra.astronomyspacescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading