astrocentric

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Etymology

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From astro- +‎ -centric.

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astrocentric (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy) Having a star at the center.
    an astrocentric coordinate system
    an astrocentric orbit
    • 2010, Carole A. Haswell, Transiting Exoplanets, page 31:
      The astrocentric orbit of a planet.
    • 2012, Zdenek Kopal, Jürgen H. Rahe, Astrometric Binaries:
      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 [...]
    • 2016, Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal, Jan J. Sojka, Heliophysics:
      The plot is in the Astrocentric coordinate system at which the star is located at the origin of the coordinate system.

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