synodic rotation period
1Solar rotation — can vary because the sun is composed of a gaseous plasma, and therefore may lack a fixed rotation rate. The rate of rotation is observed to be fastest at the equator (latitude φ=0 deg), and to decrease as latitude increases. The rotation rate is… …
2Synodic day — A synodic day is the period of time it takes for a planet to rotate once in relation to the body it is orbiting (as opposed to a sidereal day which is one complete rotation in relation to the stars).Thus, a synodic day can be thought as sunrise… …
3period — /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… …
4Orbital period — For the music album, see Orbital Period (album). The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object. When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period …
5Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… …
6David J. Higgins — David J Higgins is an Australian Amateur Astronomer. He is a prolific observer of Small Solar System Bodies (Asteroids) undertaking photometric studies in an effort to determine their Synodic Rotation period and occasionally uncovering the… …
7eclipse — eclipser, n. /i klips /, n., v., eclipsed, eclipsing. n. 1. Astron. a. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention …
8Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) …
9Moon — This article is about Earth s Moon. For moons in general, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Moon (disambiguation) …
10moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …
