The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EPICYCLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2002.
Inner circle, in astronomy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EPICYCLE | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inner circle, in astronomy
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- epicycle
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- iris
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- cadre
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- elite
- pack
Crossword Answer definitions
EPICYCLE noun- A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
- Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
- A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound
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