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asteroseismology
"The study of the interior of stars by the observation and analysis of oscillations at their surface", 1980s; earliest use found in
Nature: a weekly journal of science
. From ancient Greek
ἀστερο-
, combining form of
ἀστήρ
star +
seismology
.