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libration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | oscillation, variation |
| Derivation | librate |
the libration of the moon.
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The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration.
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Lagrange was awarded the 1764 prize of the French Academy of Sciences for his memoir on the libration of the Moon.
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This article is about three-body libration points.
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Moon stereo from 1897 taken using libration.
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In astronomy a libration is a very slow oscillation, of a satellite as viewed from the larger celestial body around which it revolves.
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Since a full libration cycle takes about 27 days, earthrises are very slow, and it takes about 48 hours for Earth to clear its diameter.
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Test planets of 5 Earth masses with semimajor axes of 52.5 and 62.5 AU disrupt the four-million-year libration of Pluto's argument of perihelion.
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Second, the longitudes of ascending nodes of the two bodies-the points where they cross the ecliptic-are in near-resonance with the above libration.
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A libration point, or Lagrange point, is where the gravitational pull from two or more heavenly bodies, plus the centrifugal force from their rotation, cancel each other out.
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To understand the nature of the libration, imagine a polar point of view, looking down on the ecliptic from a distant vantage point where the planets orbit counter-clockwise.
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Earthrise is generally only visible when orbiting the Moon, other than at selected places near the Moon's limb, where libration carries the Earth slightly above and below the lunar horizon.
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The next work he produced was in 1764 on the libration of the Moon, and an explanation as to why the same face was always turned to the earth, a problem which he treated by the aid of virtual work.
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- (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite; "the libration of the moon"
- (librate) weigh: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
- (librate) vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing librated"
- In astronomy, libration is a particular relative motion of orbiting bodies, notably including the Moon.
- Libration (from the Latin verb librare "to balance, to sway"; cf. libra "scales") is a type of reciprocating motion in which an object with a nearly fixed orientation repeatedly rotates slightly back and forth. ...
- The act of librating; The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface; A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other ...
- (librate) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year; To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)
- Points: in orbital mechanics, when one large body (e.g., the Moon) is in orbit around another large body (e.g. ...
- Any of several effects that alter precisely which hemisphere of the Moon's surface is visible from the Earth. ...
