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astrocentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From astro- + -centric.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a star at the center.
    • an astrocentric coordinate system
    • The astrocentric orbit of a planet. 2010, Carole A. Haswell, Transiting Exoplanets, page 31:
    • an astrocentric orbit
    • Satisfaction of the Dynamical Conditions Consider a right-handed astrocentric coordinate system K such that its x - y-plane is the orbital plane and that the positive x-axis points toward the periastron [...] 2012, Zdenek Kopal, Jürgen H. Rahe, Astrometric Binaries:
    • The plot is in the Astrocentric coordinate system at which the star is located at the origin of the coordinate system. 2016, Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal, Jan J. Sojka, Heliophysics:

Relateds

cytherocentric · heliocentric · areocentric · geocentric · zenocentric · uranocentric · galactocentric · hermeocentric · cronocentric · selenocentric · planetocentric

Synonyms

stellocentric

Translations (11)

kmr astrosentrîk (having a star at the center) · es astrocéntrico (having a star at the center) · kmr stêrnavendî (having a star at the center) · fr astrocentrique (having a star at the center) · kmr stelosentrîk (having a star at the center) · tg ситорамарказӣ (having a star at the center) · it astrocentrico (having a star at the center) · fa ستارهمرکزی (having a star at the center) · ar نَجْمِيّ الْمَرْكَز (having a star at the center) · tr yıldız merkezli (having a star at the center) · ru астроцентрический (having a star at the center)