photoeccentric

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What does photoeccentric mean?

Relating to the light from a star partially obscured by a planet with an eccentric orbit

Where does photoeccentric come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der. Medieval Latin eccentricusder. Middle French excentriquebor. English eccentric English photoeccentric From photo- + eccentric.

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