radial velocity

British

noun

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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These variations can imitate the subtle radial velocity signals astronomers look for, sometimes making it difficult to determine whether a planet is truly present.

From Science Daily • Nov. 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

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

For the most recent study, the researchers joined TTV data with a radial velocity analysis of the star.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

The radial velocity is, numerically, greater than could have been supposed.

From Lectures on Stellar Statistics by Charlier, Carl Vilhelm Ludvig

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