astrocentric

English

Etymology

astro- +‎ -centric

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• stellocentric

Derived terms

• astrocentric orbit

 

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: نَجْمِيّ الْمَرْكَز (najmiyy al-markaz)
• French: astrocentrique
• Italian: astrocentrico
• Persian: ستاره‌مرکزی (setâre-markazi)
• Russian: астроцентрический (astrocentričeskij)
• Spanish: astrocéntrico
• Tajik: ситорамарказӣ (sitoramarkazī)
• Turkish: yıldız merkezli

See also

• heliocentric (the Sun), hermeocentric (Mercury), cytherocentric (Venus), geocentric (the Earth), selenocentric (the Moon), areocentric (Mars), zenocentric (Jupiter), cronocentric (Saturn), uranocentric (Uranus), poseidocentric (Neptune), hadeocentric (Pluto), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)