peribothron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The point in an elliptical orbit around a black hole where the orbiting body is closest to the black hole.
Example Sentences
- "We also examine the final peribothra q of these orbits to ensure that they are consistent with the observed value for S0-2."
- "On subsequent peribothra further tidal interactions take place, gradually causing the orbit to decay."
- "Galaxies harboring an isolated SMBH at their center are expected to quickly clear a "loss cone" of orbits whose angular momenta about the black hole are low enough that their peribothra lie inside rₜ ."