Areosynchronous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Areosynchronous is an adjective meaning 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).
Meaning
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).
Example Sentences
[…] the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.
I can’t think of her [the spaceship] as an object. Not when I’m living inside her, sailing serenely along in areosynchronous orbit.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include areostationary, heliosynchronous, geosynchronous, areocentric, regular, geocyclic.
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