perinigricon
English
Noun
perinigricon
- Synonym of peribothron
- 2002, R Schödel, T Ott, R Genzel, R Hofmann, M Lehnert, A Eckart, N Mouawad, T Alexander, MJ Reid, R Lenzen, M Hartung, F Lacombe, D Rouan, E Gendron, G Rousset, A-M Lagrange, W Brandner, N Ageorges, C Lidman, AFM Moorwood, J Spyromilio, N Hubin, & KM Menten, “A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way”, in Nature, volume 419:
- Because tidal energy deposition falls faster than the sixth power of the ratio of tidal radius to orbital radius, tidal effects near the perinigricon of S2 are expected to be negligible, consistent with its lack of infrared variability.
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- 2013 June, R de la Fuente Marcos & C de la Fuente Marcos, “Colliding with G2 near the Galactic Centre: a geometrical approach”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society:
- With this scenario in mind, it has recently been proposed by Bartos et al. that, prior to its perinigricon, G2 will likely experience multiple encounters with members of the black hole and neutron-star populations believed to orbit near the Galactic Centre.
Related terms
- see periapsis