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libration

DEFINITIONS OF: libration

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n (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite

“the libration of the moon”
Type of:
variation
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
oscillation
the process of oscillating between states
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