sidereal period
1sidereal period — Time required for a celestial body in the solar system to complete one revolution with respect to the fixed stars (as observed from a fixed point outside the system). A planet s sidereal period can be calculated from its synodic period. The… …
2sidereal period of revolution — žvaigždinis sūkio periodas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. sidereal period of revolution vok. sideralische Umdrehungsperiode, f rus. сидерический период обращения, m pranc. période de révolution sidérale, f …
3sidereal period — noun or sidereal revolution : the time in which a planet or satellite completes one revolution round its primary as referred to a star seen from the primary …
4sidereal period — noun Astronomy the period of revolution of one body about another, measured with respect to the distant stars …
5sidereal period — /saɪˌdɪəriəl ˈpɪəriəd/ (say suy.dearreeuhl pearreeuhd) noun (of a planet) the time taken to complete one revolution of the sun with reference to the fixed stars …
6Sidereal — The adjective sidereal can refer to various things, including:* Measurements of time: ** Sidereal time ** Sidereal day ** Sidereal month ** Sidereal year * Sidereal period of an object orbiting a star * Sidereal astrology * Sidereus Nuncius, or… …
7sidereal — adjective /saɪˈdɪəriəl,saɪˈdɪriəl,səˈdɪriəl/ a) Of or relating to the stars. The field of sidereal astronomy, therefore, was virtually untrodden when, shortly after the beginning of his telescopic work, Herschel began his first review of the… …
8period — /pear ee euhd/, n. 1. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social… …
9sidereal year — noun Astronomy the sidereal period of the earth about the sun, about twenty minutes longer than the solar year …
10sidereal revolution — noun see sidereal period …
