Meanings
- not comparableastronomyHaving a star at the center.
an astrocentric orbit
4 more examples
an astrocentric coordinate system
The astrocentric orbit of a planet.
2010, Carole A. Haswell, Transiting Exoplanets, page 31Satisfaction of the Dynamical Conditions Consider a right-handed astrocentric coordinate system K such that its x - y-plane is the orbital plane and that the positive x-axis points toward the periastron [...]
2012, Zdenek Kopal, Jürgen H. Rahe, Astrometric BinariesThe plot is in the Astrocentric coordinate system at which the star is located at the origin of the coordinate system.
2016, Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal, Jan J. Sojka, HeliophysicsSynonyms: stellocentric
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a star at the center.
Origin
Translations
Arabic نَجْمِيّ الْمَرْكَز
- نَجْمِيّ الْمَرْكَز (najmiyy al-markaz)having a star at the center
French astrocentrique
- astrocentriquehaving a star at the center
Italian astrocentrico
- astrocentricohaving a star at the center
Persian ستارهمرکزی
- ستارهمرکزی (setâre-markazi)having a star at the center
Russian астроцентрический
- астроцентрический (astrocentričeskij)having a star at the center
Spanish astrocéntrico
- astrocéntricohaving a star at the center
Turkish yıldız merkezli
- yıldız merkezlihaving a star at the center
Cite this entry
astrocentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astrocentric
“astrocentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astrocentric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astrocentric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astrocentric.
Source: astrocentric on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.