- In
celestial mechanics, an
orbit (also
known as
orbital revolution) is the
curved trajectory of an
object such as the
trajectory of a
planet around a star...
- Look up
orbital in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Orbital may
refer to:
Atomic orbital Molecular orbital Hybrid orbital Orbit Earth orbit Orbit (anatomy)...
- A low
Earth orbit (LEO) is an
orbit around Earth with a
period of 128
minutes or less (making at
least 11.25
orbits per day) and an
eccentricity less...
- A
geostationary orbit, also
referred to as a
geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a
circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude...
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Earth orbits the Sun at an
average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi), or 8.317 light-minutes, in a
counterclockwise direction as viewed...
- The
orbital period (also
revolution period) is the
amount of time a
given astronomical object takes to
complete one
orbit around another object. In astronomy...
- A
geosynchronous orbit (sometimes
abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered
orbit with an
orbital period that
matches Earth's
rotation on its axis, 23 hours...
- A Sun-synchronous
orbit (SSO), also
called a
heliosynchronous orbit, is a
nearly polar orbit around a planet, in
which the
satellite p****es over any given...
-
value of 0 is a
circular orbit,
values between 0 and 1 form an
elliptic orbit, 1 is a
parabolic escape orbit (or
capture orbit), and
greater than 1 is...
-
Orbit is a
brand of
sugarless chewing gum from the
Wrigley Company. In the
United States,
where it was re-launched in 2001, it is sold in
cardboard boxes...
