periastral

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ astral.

Adjective

periastral (not comparable)

1. (archaic, astronomy) Moving among or around the stars.
   • 1872, R. A. Proctor, Essays on Astronomy:

     comets in periastral passage

2. Of or pertaining to the periastron

References

• “periastral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.