radial velocity
the component of the velocity of an object, esp a celestial body, directed along a line from the observer to the object
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How to use radial velocity in a sentence
The upper curve shows the radial velocity of the star during the650 period of variation.
The ninth column gives the proper motion (μ), the tenth the radial velocity W expressed in sir.
Lectures on Stellar Statistics | Carl Vilhelm Ludvig CharlierThe following table contains all stars with a radial velocity greater than 20 sir.
Lectures on Stellar Statistics | Carl Vilhelm Ludvig CharlierA large radial velocity seems therefore to be a galactic phenomenon and to be correlated to a great distance from us.
Lectures on Stellar Statistics | Carl Vilhelm Ludvig CharlierThe radial velocity is, numerically, greater than could have been supposed.
Lectures on Stellar Statistics | Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
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