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perikrone

perikrone noun: periapsis around the planet Saturn.

Noun

perikrone (plural perikrones)

  1. Periapsis around the planet Saturn.
    • Cassini perikrones (periapses at Saturn), sometimes including emissions between the gyroharmonic bands above fuh.2006, M. Moncuquet, N. Meyer-Vernet, A. Lecacheux, B. Cecconi, W.S. Kurth, Quasi Thermal Noise in Bernstein Waves at Saturn
    • 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.2009, Robert Brown, Jean Pierre Lebreton, Jack Waite, Titan from Cassini-Huygens, →ISBN, page 459
    Synonyms:
    perisaturnium

Synonyms of perikrone

Forms of perikrone

pluralperikrones
alternative formperikron

Origin of perikrone

From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + Κρόνος (Krónos, “Saturn”).

Questions about perikrone

What does perikrone mean?
Perikrone means periapsis around the planet Saturn.
What part of speech is perikrone?
Perikrone is a noun.
What is the plural of perikrone?
The plural of perikrone is perikrones.

Words near perikrone in the dictionary

  1. perikaryoplasm
  2. Perikhanian
  3. Perikhanyan
  4. perikinetic
  5. perikron
  6. perikrone
  7. perikrones
  8. perikrons
  9. perikyma
  10. perikymata
  11. peril

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