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Mean distance   /min dˈɪstəns/   Listen
Mean distance

noun
1.
The arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary.





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"Mean distance" Quotes from Famous Books



... showed that its mean distance from the sun was some 1,750,000,000 miles, and that a revolution was completed in about eighty-four years. It was also found to be a very large planet, greatly exceeding either Mercury, Venus, the Earth, or Mars, though considerably inferior to ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various


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