Apokrone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apokrone is a noun meaning Apoapsis around the planet Saturn.
Meaning
Apoapsis around the planet Saturn.
Example Sentences
In order to obtain the value of k₂ with high accuracy, four flybys of the Cassini spacecraft will be devoted to measuring Titan's gravity field near both apokrone and perikrone (Castillo et al., 2002).
The original plan in the primary mission to look for the existence of an internal liquid layer called for four flybys to measure the Love number k₂: two equatorial passes -- one when Titan was at perikrone and one at apokrone, and two inclined passes – also at perikrone and apokrone.
Word Forms
- apokrones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perikrone, apoposeidion, apouranion, periposeidion, circumsaturnian, perijove.
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