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- noun The science of the motion of celestial bodies under the influence of gravitational forces.
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- noun astronomy The
dynamics ofcelestial bodies subject to mutualgravitational attraction .
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- noun the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies
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