astrocentric

English

Etymology

From 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

Translations

having a star at the center

• Arabic: نَجْمِيّ الْمَرْكَز (najmiyy al-markaz)
• French: astrocentrique
• Italian: astrocentrico
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: stêrnavendî, astrosentrîk, stelosentrîk

• Persian: ستاره‌مرکزی (setâre-markazi)
• Russian: астроцентрический (astrocentričeskij)
• Spanish: astrocéntrico
• Tajik: ситорамарказӣ (sitoramarkazi)
• 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), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)