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DRACONITIC MONTH [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Moon (Astronomy)
  • Planets
  • Astronomy
OBS

[A draconitic month is] a lunar month as measured from a given node of the moon's orbit and back to the same node.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lune (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
  • Astronomie
CONT

Outre les révolutions sidérale et synodique, il existe dans le mouvement de la Lune encore trois périodes : «révolution anomalistique» [...]; «révolution draconitique», intervalle de temps entre deux passages consécutifs de la Lune au même nœud de son orbite (27,21 jours moyens); «révolution tropique» [...]

Spanish

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