cytherocentric
adjEtymology From cythero- + -centric.
- a cytherocentric coordinate system
- a cytherocentric orbit
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- Pioneer 12's initial cytherocentric orbit inclied 105 degrees to Venus' equator[…]1979, Solar System Today, volumes 1-3, Bretmain:
- During Cytherocentric orbit insertion, Akatsuki malfunctioned and failed to enter orbit. It managed to orbit around Venus five years later[.]2019, Kattakuri, Vikranth R., Failures in Spacecraft Systems: An Analysis from the Perspective of Decision Making, West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, page 32:
- The cytherocentric velocity vector of the meteoroids reaching Venus is given by the difference between the heliocentric velocity vectors of the meteoroids and Venus.2022 March 23, Albino Carbognani, Paolo Tanga, Fabrizio Bernardi, “Is 2021 PH27 an active asteroid with a meteor shower detectable on Venus?”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, volume 511, number 1, 3 - Observation of 2021 PH27: 3.1 - Visibility of a hypothetical meteor shower, page L42: