α. 1800s– Uranicentric (rare).
β. 1800s– Uranocentric.
Uranocentricadj.
/ˌjʊərənəˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌjɔːrənəˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌjʊrənəˈsɛntrɪk/ Astronomy.
Having the planet Uranus as the centre; determined with reference to the centre of Uranus.
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Uranocentric1867
1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. i. xii. 152 Their [sc. Uranus' satellites] Uranicentric motion is retrograde.
1875 S. Newcomb Uranian & Neptunian Syst. i. 42 The Uranocentric perturbations due to their mutual action will amount to only a few minutes of arc.
1952 P. van de Kamp Basic Astron. xxviii. 343 The resulting change from the Uranocentric to the heliocentric viewpoint.
2000 B. G. Marsden et al. in A. Fitzsimmons et al. Minor Bodies Outer Solar Syst. 191 The computation of the uranicentric orbits.
2008 Planetary & Space Sci. 56 1770/2 To avoid the diffusion of the higher observational errors of Miranda on the other satellite fits, we fitted Miranda's initial elements with Uranocentric positions, only.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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