- 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...
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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...
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- 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...
- 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
geocentric orbit, Earth-centered
orbit, or
Earth orbit involves any
object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or
artificial satellites. In 1997, NASA estimated...
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elliptic orbit or
elliptical orbit is a
Kepler orbit with an
eccentricity of less than 1; this
includes the
special case of a
circular orbit, with eccentricity...
- 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...
