photocentric

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ centric

Adjective

photocentric (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Relating to a photocentre
   • 2015, Seth C. Koren, Cullen H. Blake, Conard C. Dahn, Hugh C. Harris, “The Low-Mass Astrometric Binary LSR1610-0040”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     We find that the photocentric orbit has a period $P=633.0\pm 1.7$ days, somewhat longer than previous results, with eccentricity of $e=0.42\pm 0.03$, and we estimate that the semi-major axis of the orbit of the primary is $a_{1}\approx 0.32$ AU, consistent with previous results.