Meaning & use

circumsolar

adjective·Advanced

Surrounding or orbiting the sun.

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The telescope tracked debris in a circumsolar orbit near the planet's path.

Scientists study circumsolar dust to understand how planets originally formed.

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"Circumsolar" is a technical astronomy term, rarely used outside scientific writing.

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