circumsolar

American

[sur-kuhm-soh-ler] / ˌsɜr kəmˈsoʊ lər /

adjective

directed, traveling, etc., around the sun.

the earth's circumsolar course.

circumsolar British

/ ˌsɜːkəmˈsəʊlə /

adjective

surrounding or rotating around the sun

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Etymology

Origin of circumsolar

First recorded in 1840–50; circum- + solar ¹

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And, by the same argument, if the circumsolar planets were supposed to be let fall at equal distances from the sun, they would, in their descent towards the sun, describe equal spaces in equal times.

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith

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