areosynchronous

English

Etymology

From areo- +‎ synchronous; compare geosynchronous.

Adjective

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. (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.