noun

apastron

ap·as·tron

apastron · apastrons · apastra

Apastron

The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbitsThe point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.

UK/æˈpæstɹ(ə)n/US/æˈpæstɹən/

Meaning

1 senses

The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
Apastron

Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits:

Origin

From English ap- (prefix meaning ‘away from, separate’) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron,

From English ap- (prefix meaning ‘away from, separate’) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron, “fixed star”), modelled after aphelion. Ἄ̆στρον (Á̆stron) is derived from ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “celestial body (including a star, planet, meteor, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nominative, accusative and vocative singular nouns).

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