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photoeccentric

photoeccentric adjective: relating to the light from a star partially obscured by a planet with an eccentric orbit.

Adjective

photoeccentric (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the light from a star partially obscured by a planet with an eccentric orbit
    • Thus, the long transits are likely due to the photoeccentric effect and our transit fits hint at an eccentric orbit.2016, Joshua E. Schlieder, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Erik A. Petigura, Andrew W. Howard, Kimberly M. Aller, Evan Sinukoff, Howard T. Isaacson, Benjamin J. Fulton, David R. Ciardi, Mickael Bonnefoy, Carl...

Origin of photoeccentric

From photo- + eccentric.

Questions about photoeccentric

What does photoeccentric mean?
Photoeccentric means relating to the light from a star partially obscured by a planet with an eccentric orbit.
What part of speech is photoeccentric?
Photoeccentric is an adjective.

Words near photoeccentric in the dictionary

  1. photodynamic therapies
  2. photodynamic therapy
  3. photodynamical
  4. photodynamically
  5. photodynamics
  6. photoeccentric
  7. photoeclector
  8. photoeclectors
  9. photoecology
  10. photoed
  11. photoeffect

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