Definition of Galactic circle. Meaning of Galactic circle. Synonyms of Galactic circle

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Definition of Galactic circle

Galactic circle
Galactic Ga*lac"tic, a. [Gr. ? milky, fr. ?, ?, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle.

Meaning of Galactic circle from wikipedia

- Legends galactic map. As a general rule, most of the galaxy's wealth, power, and po****tion are concentrated near the middle of the galactic circle – the...
- is located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years (8.3 kpc) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations...
- The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. One...
- astrophysics, the galactic habitable zone is the region of a galaxy in which life is most likely to develop. The concept of a galactic habitable zone analyzes...
- nearly 25,000 years, created through the gradual fusion of the Robot, Galactic Empire, and Foundation book series written by American author Isaac Asimov...
- "Galactic magnetic fields". Scholarpedia. 2 (8): 2411. Bibcode:2007SchpJ...2.2411B. doi:10.4249/scholarpedia.2411. "Construction Secrets of a Galactic...
- the plane traces a great circle across the sky through the following constellations: C****iopeia (in the Milky Way galactic plane) Camelopardalis Ursa...
- A galactic disc (or galactic disk) is a component of disc galaxies, such as spiral galaxies like the Milky Way and lenticular galaxies. Galactic discs...
- observation. Two percent of the gamma ray radiation in a 30° radius circle around the Galactic Center is attributed to the GCE. As of 2020[update], this excessive...
- The corotation circle is the circle around the galactic center of a spiral galaxy, where the stars move at the same speed as the spiral arms. The radius...