Sentence examples for peculiar motion from inspiring English sources
The peculiar motion of the Sun is a result of its relatively large age and a somewhat noncircular orbit.
By this point I was twisting smoothly from side to side with gentle, nearly silent paddle sweeps, a peculiar motion that felt powerful and effortless.
Quite peculiar motion requirements had to be considered, related to the very low rotation velocity of reflectors on one hand, and to the high torque requirements needed to drive a large reflector field (160 mirrors) with just one actuator on the other hand.
Rixey was considered a pitcher with an "peculiar motion", who rarely walked a batter.
The space velocities of these stars are all within 10 km/s of Alpha Centauri's peculiar motion.
The redshifts of galaxies include both a component related to recessional velocity from expansion of the Universe, and a component related to peculiar motion (Doppler shift).
While recording the motions of many stars, he discovered the phenomenon of star streaming i.e., that the peculiar motions (motions of individual stars relative to the mean motions of their neighbours) of stars are not random but are grouped around two opposite, preferred directions in space.
These have to account for the very vivid appearances of motion in ordinary perceptions, not just the rather peculiar motions produced in waterfall-type illusions.
For cosmological redshifts of additional Doppler redshifts and blueshifts due to the peculiar motions of the galaxies relative to one another cause a wide scatter from the standard Hubble Law.
It aimed at understanding the functional transformations that led to the emergence of the peculiar chewing motion of the Murinae, associating forwardly directed masticatory movements to cusp interlocking, a trait unique amongst mammals.
The first is that the stars that form the standard of rest are symmetrically distributed over the sky, and the second is that the peculiar motions the motions of individual stars with respect to that standard of rest are randomly distributed.
