Preferred Name

Proper motions

Definitions

The apparent motion of a star across the sky (not including a star's parallax), arising from the star's velocity through space with respect to the Sun. Proper motion is usually tabulated in star catalogs as changes in right ascension and declination per year or century.

ID

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#proper-motions

broader

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#stellar-motion

definition

The apparent motion of a star across the sky (not including a star's parallax), arising from the star's velocity through space with respect to the Sun. Proper motion is usually tabulated in star catalogs as changes in right ascension and declination per year or century.

exactMatch

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1295

prefLabel

Proper motions

related

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#time-domain-astronomy

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#position-angle

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