What does Kronocentric means? I encounter this when i read about Cassini probe mission that ended yesterday?

[Pawelk198604]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini–Huygens

 

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Kronocentric

 

It's from Wikipedia.

 

And what do you think about Cassini–Huygens probes, did you knew instrumentation for Huygens probe  that landed on Titan moon of Saturn was created by scientists from Polish Academy of Science 

https://poland.pl/science/achievements-science/polish-technology-outer-space/

    

[Canopus]

Kronos is the Greek equivalent of Saturn so i guess Kronocentric means the Orbit is centered around Saturn.

Edited September 16, 2017 by Canopus

[Kerwood Floyd]

Astronomers typically use the Latin (Roman) name of a planet when using it as a noun, but use the Greek name when forming adjectives. Saturn is the name of the Roman god, the Greek counterpart of Saturn is Cronus.

So 'Kronocentric' just means 'centered on Saturn'.

 

ninja'd

Edited September 16, 2017 by Kerwood Floyd

[kerbiloid]

Interesting, how would sound personal apoapsis and periapsis for Io? Apoioum, Periioum?

[Bill Phil]

For example, Earth is "geocentric", the sun is "heliocentric", and "zenocentric" ( or jovicentric) for Jupiter. Saturn is kronocentric.

[Pawelk198604]

6 hours ago, Bill Phil said:

For example, Earth is "geocentric", the sun is "heliocentric", and "zenocentric" ( or jovicentric)

Zeonocentric is something about Zen mediation (just joking  ) I assume that "zenocentric" is reference to Zeus, which is Greek counterpart to Jupiter in Roman mythology   

[YNM]

Chronocentric would be the standard everywhere, though. I could only imagine so, as they always meticulously operate around a single timing clock.

[StrandedonEarth]

On 9/16/2017 at 8:18 AM, kerbiloid said:

Interesting, how would sound personal apoapsis and periapsis for Io? Apoioum, Periioum?

Apokron, perikron.

[kerbiloid]

4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Apokron, perikron.

That's for Sarnus Saturn.
i mean for - Io.

[StrandedonEarth]

11 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

That's for Sarnus Saturn.
i mean for - Io.

Whoops. That'll teach me to read more closely.