An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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secondary body
  جسم ِ دومان  
jesm-e dovomân
Fr.: corps secondaire  

A body that revolves around a more massive body under the → gravitational attraction of the latter
is called the → primary body.

The less massive component in a → binary system.

See also: → secondary; → body.