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areosynchronous

areosynchronous adjective: 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).

Adjective

areosynchronous (not comparable)

  1. 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)
    • […] the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.1986, Thomas Wren, chapter 14, in The Doomsday Effect,, New York: Baen Books, page 195
    • I can’t think of her [the spaceship] as an object. Not when I’m living inside her, sailing serenely along in areosynchronous orbit.2004, Elizabeth Bear, Hammered, New York: Bantam, Book 2, p. 180

Origin of areosynchronous

From areo- + synchronous; compare geosynchronous.

Questions about areosynchronous

What does areosynchronous mean?
Areosynchronous means 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).
What part of speech is areosynchronous?
Areosynchronous is an adjective.

Words near areosynchronous in the dictionary

  1. areophysics
  2. Areopoli
  3. areostationary
  4. areostyle
  5. areostyles
  6. areosynchronous
  7. areoversal
  8. areoversals
  9. arepa
  10. arepas
  11. Arequena

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