osculating element
Astronomy
noun
(Usually in plural) an element of the data needed to determine the osculating ellipse of a celestial object.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- poimenic
- Poincaré conjecture
- Poincaré cycle
- Poincaré group
- Poincaré, Jules-Henri
- Poincaré map
- Poincaré recurrence
- Poincaré's conjecture
- Poincaré section
- Poincaré sphere
- Poincaré's recurrence
- Poincaré surface
- poinciana
- poind
- poindable
- poinder
- Poindexter
- poindlar
- poindler
- poinsettia
- point
- Point 4
- pointable
- point-action
- pointage