areosynchronous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

areo- +‎ synchronous; compare geosynchronous.

Adjective[edit]

areosynchronous (not comparable)

  1. Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface.[1] (of the orbit of a satellite)
    • 1986, Thomas Wren, chapter 14, in The Doomsday Effect,‎[2], New York: Baen Books, page 195:
      […] the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.
    • 2004, Elizabeth Bear, Hammered‎[3], New York: Bantam, Book 2, p. 180:
      I can’t think of her [the spaceship] as an object. Not when I’m living inside her, sailing serenely along in areosynchronous orbit.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Michael Quinion, Ologies and Isms, Oxford University Press, 2002.[1]
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