synodic
- adjective
- /sɪˈnɒdɪk/
- Specialized
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sinódico
- Thus the four intervals that subdivide the Venusian synodic period are reckoned in integral and half-integral multiples of the Moon's phase cycle.
- synodic period
- synodic lunar
- synodic month
Examples
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On the left, the Venus Table shows, in base 20 dot-and-bar notation, divisions of the Venusian synodic period into morning appearance, morning disappearance, evening appearance, and evening disappearance intervals.
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This technique is a viable approach to the high-resolution imaging of bright objects and is particularly appropriate for synodic observations of planets and close, bright double stars.
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These intervals are better known to us as six and five lunar synodic months, respectively.
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No relations between the anomalistic or synodic lunar cycles were found for the first two years, although more calls were received during the first quarter of the third year.
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No relationship was found between domestic violence calls and either the anomalistic (apogee to apogee) or synodic (full moon to full moon) lunar cycles over the first two years, but more calls occurred at the third quarter during the third year.
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Twenty runs through the 819-day cycle would capture even multiples of 378 and 399, the synodic periods of Jupiter and Saturn, respectively.
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The orrery projector, showing the Sun and orbiting planets in motion on the dome, can be used to demonstrate sidereal and synodic periods of the planets.
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On the right, the Eclipse Table section of the same codex shows divisions of eclipse periods into six and five lunar synodic months (177 and 148 days).
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The length of a lunar month, known as the synodic month, is approximately 29.53 days.
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Astronomers study the synodic period of celestial bodies to understand their phases and cycles.
Synonyms
Relating to the time between similar positions of the Moon and planets
About the time a moon or planet takes to return to the same position
Happening in a cycle tied to the moon's phases about once each month
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Synodic comes from the Greek word synodos, from syn- 'together' and hodos 'way', so it originally meant a 'coming together'. In astronomy this idea of 'meeting' is used to name the time between two 'meetings' or alignments of a planet or the Moon with the Sun, so a synodic period is the time between similar phases like two new moons.
