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transit circle

transit circle

noun Astronomy.

Origin:
1835–45
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Transit circle is always a great word to know.
So is meteor. Does it mean:
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere also called a shooting star or bolide
one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation such as radio waves with a high degree of regularity
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