angular separation

collocation in English

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angular
adjective
uk
/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
having or relating to one or ...
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separation
noun
uk
/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition ofangularandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These properties include architecture- and wavelength-independent geometrical properties such asangularseparationbetween the star and planet, and timescales associated with orbital motion.
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This should increase theangularseparationbetween neighboring domains, increasing spot widths in the diffraction pattern.
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At anangularseparationof 3.25 arcseconds is a magnitude 8.76 companion star.
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As of 2007, the two stars had anangularseparationof 1.206 arcseconds at a position angle of 35.
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The system comprises a close double star withangularseparationof presently 1.8 between the components.
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Muscida has a magnitude 15.2 common proper motion companion at anangularseparationof 7.1 arcseconds.
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This is a spectroscopic binary with anangularseparationof 0.2 arcseconds between the two components.
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Xray source counterparts to stars can be identified by calculating theangularseparationbetween source centroids and position of the star.
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Mass, time, distance, heat, andangularseparationare among the familiar examples of quantitative properties.
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A second companion is a 12th magnitude star at anangularseparationof 92.8 arcseconds.
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The fainter companion is a magnitude 7.43 star at anangularseparationof 0.840 arcseconds.
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This is a binary star system with a magnitude 4.8 companion at anangularseparationof 0.11 arcseconds.
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There is a magnitude 12.67 common proper motion companion located at anangularseparationof 22.5 arcseconds along a position angle of 221.
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There is a close orbiting stellar companion of unknown type, with a third component at anangularseparationof 5.7 arcseconds.
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By 1927, the object was found to be a pair of stars with anangularseparationof 2.95 arcseconds.
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The two components of this system have anangularseparationof 0.25 arcseconds.
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The third component is located at anangularseparationof 0.810 arcseconds and has a magnitude of 8.17.
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It has a magnitude 11.2 companion at anangularseparationof 8.7 arcseconds.
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As of 2008, it has anangularseparationof 1.325 arcseconds along a position angle of 30.9 from the primary.
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These lobes have anangularseparationof 52 at a position angle of 168.
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