- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- Look up
orbital in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Orbital may
refer to:
Atomic orbital Molecular orbital Hybrid orbital Orbit Earth orbit Orbit (anatomy)...
- 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...
-
orbit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In physics, an
orbit is the
gravitationally curved path of one
object around a
point or
another body.
Orbit...
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Earth and a
tenth that of the Sun.
Jupiter orbits the Sun at a
distance of 5.20 AU (778.5 Gm), with an
orbital period of 11.86 years. It is the third-brightest...
- 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...
- 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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gravitational orbit classified by
various characteristics. The
following is a list of
types of
orbits:
Galactocentric orbit: An
orbit about the center...
