An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

1) In a → star cluster, coming across of two stars so closely that their → orbits alter by their mutual → gravitational attractions.
2) As regards an → asteroid or → comet, a situation when it crosses the Moon's orbit and approaches the Earth with a risk of collision. See also → close approach, → encounter.

→ close; → encounter.

General: A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief. An often violent meeting; a clash.
Coming across of two bodies (as two stars in a cluster) which results in the deviation from original directions of motion. → close encounter; → strong encounter; → weak encounter.

From O.Fr. encountrer "confront," from encontre "against, counter to," from L.L. incontra "in front of," from L. in- "in" + contra "against."

Ruyâruyi "being face to face," from ru, ruy "face, countenance," variant rox (Mid.Pers. rôy, rôdh "face," Av. raoδa- "growth," in plural "appearance," from raod- "to grow, sprout, shoot," cf. Skt. róha- "rising, height") + euphonic interfix -â- + ruy + noun suffix -i.

An encounter in which two moving bodies alter each other's direction and velocity by mutual → gravitational attraction.

→ gravitational; → encounter.

In a star cluster, a → close encounter that strongly changes a star's velocity.

→ strong; → encounter.

In a → star cluster, an → encounter that occurs at a distance and produces only very small changes in a star's velocity.

→ weak; → encounter.