planetary aberration
English
Noun
planetary aberration (plural planetary aberrations)
- (astronomy) A deviation of where a planet appears to be, due to the motion of the planet during the time that the light reaches the Earth.
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References
- “planetary aberration” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.