apastron - 03/02/03 10:25 PM
here's a word that didn't show up at m-w, but I found this on info-please:
ap•as•tron
Pronunciation: (u-pas'trun, -tron),
—n.,
—pl. -traPronunciation: (-tru). Astron.
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
I picked up the word from this site:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/orbits/
pretty interesting stuff!
ap•as•tron
Pronunciation: (u-pas'trun, -tron),
—n.,
—pl. -traPronunciation: (-tru). Astron.
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
I picked up the word from this site:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/orbits/
pretty interesting stuff!