areosynchronous

English

Etymology

areo- +‎ synchronous; compare geosynchronous.

Adjective

areosynchronous (not comparable)

  1. (of the orbit of a satellite) Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface.[1]
    • 1986, Thomas Wren, The Doomsday Effect, New York: Baen Books, Chapter 14, p. 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 [the spaceship] 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.
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