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aponigricon

aponigricon noun: apoapsis around a black hole.

Noun

aponigricon (uncountable)

  1. Apoapsis around a black hole.
    • Indeed, the speed of, say, S2 at perinigricon is as large as 2.6 per cent of the speed of light, while at aponigricon it is 0.1 per cent of c.2011 September, Lorenzo Iorio, “Long-term classical and general relativistic effects on the radial velocities of the stars orbiting Sgr A*”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    • Fig. 1 indicates that close encounters are negligible at aponigricon and for inclinations in the range 60–90° in both prograde and retrograde orbits.2013 June, R de la Fuente Marcos, C de la Fuente Marcos, “Colliding with G2 near the Galactic Centre: a geometrical approach”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Origin of aponigricon

From apo- + Latin niger (“black”) + -icon, alternative form of -ion.

Questions about aponigricon

What does aponigricon mean?
Aponigricon means apoapsis around a black hole.
What part of speech is aponigricon?
Aponigricon is a noun.

Words near aponigricon in the dictionary

  1. aponeurotically
  2. aponeurotomies
  3. aponeurotomy
  4. apong
  5. aponia
  6. aponigricon
  7. Aponit
  8. aponogeton
  9. aponogetonaceous
  10. aponogetons
  11. Aponte

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