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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

angular velocity (symbol ω) The rate of rotation of a body, either about its own axis or in its orbit about another body. For example, the Earth rotates with a certain angular velocity about its polar axis, but it also has angular velocity in its revolution about the Sun.

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