APASTRON


Meaning of APASTRON in English

/euh pas"treuhn, -tron/ , n. , pl. apastra /-treuh/ . Astron.

the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron ).

[ ap- AP- 2 + ástron star, constellation; on the model of APOGEE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .