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aposaturnium

aposaturnium noun: apoapsis around Saturn.

Noun

aposaturnium (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) Apoapsis around Saturn
    • If they were exactly following such a periodic solution, then, at a conjunction of the two satellites, that is, when φ = 0, we would have l₁= 0, that is, Enceladus, which is on the inner of the two orbits, would be at perisaturnium, and alsol₂= π, so that Dione, which is on the outer of the two...2013, B.A. Steves, Archie E. Roy, The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System, →ISBN

Origin of aposaturnium

From apo- + Saturn + -ium, Latin form of -ion.

Questions about aposaturnium

What does aposaturnium mean?
Aposaturnium means apoapsis around Saturn.
What part of speech is aposaturnium?
Aposaturnium is a noun.

Words near aposaturnium in the dictionary

  1. aporrhoeas
  2. aport
  3. apos
  4. aposafranin
  5. aposafranine
  6. aposaturnium
  7. aposcopolamine
  8. aposelene
  9. aposelenes
  10. aposelenium
  11. aposematic

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