Evection
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EVECTION (Latin for "carrying away"), in astronomy, the largest inequality produced by the action of the sun in the monthly revolution of the moon around the earth.
evection: a small irregularity in the orbit of the moon, first discovered in the 10th century by the Persian Abu'l-Wafa Al-Buzjani and, independently, by Tycho Brahe.
Evection
The small irregularity in the Moon's orbital motion due to Solar and planetary perturbations. [H76]
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evection (NASA SP-7, 1965) A perturbation of the moon in its orbit due to the attraction of the sun.
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Evection
The small irregularity in the Moon's orbital motion due to Solar and planetary perturbations. [H76]
Even-Even Nuclei ...
 See also: Astronomy, Orbit, Earth, Sun, Moon
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