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Areocentric orbit — An areocentric orbit is an orbit around the planet Mars. The Moon, by similarity, is in a geocentric orbit around Earth.The areo prefix is derived from the ancient Greek word Ares which is the personification of the planet Mars in Greek mythology … Wikipedia
areocentric — /air ee oh sen trik/, adj. Astron. centered on the planet Mars. [1875 80; AREO + CENTRIC] * * * … Universalium
areocentric — ar·eo·cen·tric … English syllables
areocentric — ar•e•o•cen•tric [[t]ˌɛər i oʊˈsɛn trɪk[/t]] adj. astron. centering or centered on the planet Mars • Etymology: 1875–80 … From formal English to slang
areocentric — /ærioʊˈsɛntrɪk/ (say areeoh sentrik) adjective Astronomy having the planet Mars as centre. {areo (combining form of Ares) + centric} …
areocentric — ¦a(a)rēō¦sen.trik, ēə¦ adjective Etymology: areo + centric : having or relating to the planet Mars as a center * * * /air ee oh sen trik/, adj. Astron. centered on the planet Mars. [1875 80; AREO + CENTRIC] … Useful english dictionary
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Mariner program — Launch of Mariner 1 in 1962 The Mariner program was a program conducted by the American space agency NASA that launched a series of robotic interplanetary probes designed to investigate Mars, Venus and Mercury from 1963 to 1973. The program… … Wikipedia
Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit … Wikipedia
