round-trip light time

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

round-trip light time (countable and uncountable, plural round-trip light times)

  1. (cosmology) The amount of time required for an electromagnetic signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft or another celestial body within the Solar System and then return.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=round-trip_light_time&oldid=78116561"