radial velocity
Britishnoun
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Spectroscopy also allowed the team to measure the object's radial velocity, which describes its motion toward or away from the observer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
The four exoplanets, known as the sub-Earth exoplanets, were discovered using the radial velocity technique by the MAROON-X instrument.
From Space Scoop ● Apr. 23, 2025
One of the four sub-Earth exoplanets discovered is the least massive world ever found using the radial velocity technique.
From Space Scoop ● Apr. 23, 2025
For the most recent study, the researchers joined TTV data with a radial velocity analysis of the star.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
Not only the grosser facts concerning radial velocity, but variations in it so small as a mile, or less, per second, have been recorded and interpreted in terms of deep meaning.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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