Areocentric orbit

Areocentric orbit

An areocentric orbit is an orbit around the planet Mars. The Moon, by similarity, is in a geocentric orbit around Earth.

The "areo-" prefix is derived from the ancient Greek word Ares which is the personification of the planet Mars in Greek mythology. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/areocentric areocentric - definition of areocentric by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia ] ]

ee also

*Heliocentrism
*Heliocentric orbit
*Geocentric orbit
*List of orbits

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