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 Translation for 'Nutation' from English to Spanish
NOUN   nutation | nutations
astron.bot.
nutación {f}
nutation
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Translation for 'Nutation' from English to Spanish

nutation
nutación {f}astron.bot.
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Usage Examples English
  • Nutation is the oscillation of the ecliptic plane. It was first observed by James Bradley as a variation in the declination of stars.
  • Nutation is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object, such as a gyroscope or the Earth (see astronomical nutation).
  • He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of the Earth's axis (1728–1748).
  • The polar motion is primarily due to free core nutation and the Chandler wobble.
  • The reference frames do not rotate with the Earth (in contrast to Earth-centred, Earth-fixed frames), remaining always directed toward the equinox, and drifting over time with the motions of precession and nutation.

  • The goals of the RISE experiment are to deduce the size and density of the Martian core through estimation of the precession and nutation of the spin axis.
  • Nutation is one of the corrections which must be applied to obtain the apparent place of an astronomical object.
  • Apparent longitude is celestial longitude corrected for aberration and nutation as opposed to "mean longitude".
  • A rotating object, whether under the influence of torques or not, may exhibit the behaviours of precession and nutation.
  • Spin stabilized satellites have nutation development at specific frequencies. Eddy current nutation dampers have flown on spin stabilized satellites to reduce and stabilize nutation.

  • without taking into account the astronomical nutation) of [...] N; the Antarctic Circle is currently drifting southwards at a speed of about 14.5 m per year and is now at a mean latitude (i.e.
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