sidereal period

British  

noun

1. astronomy the period of revolution of a body about another with respect to one or more distant stars

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Example Sentences

Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

We have now passed through one sidereal period of the moon.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas

The first half of the month of April can be called the most brilliant sidereal period of the year.

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler

It must also be remembered that there are in latitude 40°, five or six distinct passages of the disturbing cause in one sidereal period of the moon.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas

This is called the moon's sidereal period of revolution, because it is the time elapsed while she is traveling eastward from a given star around to coincidence with the same star again.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck