astromolecule

noun

astromolecule

noun

Etymology From astro- + molecule.

1

Any molecule that has been detected in interstellar or circumstellar space

As such, C#95;3P⁻ is probably a more detectable astromolecule than even its corresponding neutral radical.2015, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Joseph A. Lukemire, “Electronic and Rovibrational Quantum Chemical Analysis of C₃P⁻: The Next Interstellar Anion?”, in arXiv:

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