areosynchronous

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English

Etymology

From areo- +‎ synchronous; compare geosynchronous.

Adjective

areosynchronous (not comparable)

  1. Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface. (of the orbit of a satellite)
    • 1986, Thomas Wren, chapter 14, in The Doomsday Effect,, New York: Baen Books, page 195:
      the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.
    • 2004, Elizabeth Bear, Hammered, New York: Bantam, Book 2, p. 180:
      I can’t think of her as an object. Not when I’m living inside her, sailing serenely along in areosynchronous orbit.

References

  1. ^ Michael Quinion, Ologies and Isms, Oxford University Press, 2002.